* Update debian/copyright.

* Add garmin_usb info to README.Debian.  Closes: #344702.

diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..b5d597c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+If you are having trouble with your Garmin USB device, the garmin_usb
+kernel module may have grabbed it.
+
+According to http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html, you can
+prevent that by following these instructions:
+
+According to the documentation at gpsbabel:
+http://www.gpsbabel.org/os/Linux_Hotplug.html
+
+To keep the OS from loading the (frequently dysfunctional) kernel
+garmin_gps module, edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add the lines 
+
+# stop garmin_gps serial from loading for USB garmin devices
+blacklist garmin_gps
+
+To allow the USB devices to be read and written by a non-privileged
+user, create a named /etc/udev/rules.d/51-garmin.rules with the following
+contents:
+
+SYSFS{idVendor}=="091e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="666" 

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f77e2086bcc509a42b6a6c2ea86d5631daa4994e..ad220c727fbd22639027c8d633c136ff52b041fe 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ gpsbabel (1.3.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.  Closes: #459234.  Upstream has dropped
     Coldsync.  Closes: #421769.
+  * Update debian/copyright.
+  * Add garmin_usb info to README.Debian.  Closes: #344702.
 
  -- John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:50:31 -0600
 

diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 3720fa5493babce7bd9e3a0bbb9703395a8f37f9..d50104b55b144f6f25f306f81ed16be6a3455412 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Upstream Author(s): Robert Lipe <robertlipe@usa.net>
 
 Copyright:
 
-Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Robert Lipe, robertlipe@usa.net
+Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Robert Lipe, robertlipe@usa.net
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -31,26 +31,6 @@ Some files also have copyright notices for other authors.
 This program links with or includes some code from other projects.
 Their copyright statements follow:
 
-------------------------------
-        This is ColdSync, a tool for synchronizing data between Palm
-devices and Unix workstations.
-
-        Copyright (C) 1999-2001, Andrew Arensburger.
-
-        The latest version of this package is available at
-        http://www.ooblick.com/software/coldsync/
-
-        This package is distributable under the terms of the Artistic
-License. You should have received a file called "Artistic", which
-specifies the terms under which this package may be distributed and
-modified.
-        The Artistic License is taken from the Perl 5.005_03
-distribution, so some of the text is specific to Perl and does not
-apply to ColdSync. I hope to address this in a future release.
-
-Debian users can find the Artistic License at 
-/usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic.
-
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 JEEPS application and data functions
 Copyright (C) 1999 Alan Bleasby