On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 19:46 +0100, ael wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 12:11:26PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > > > Package: linux-2.6
> > > > > Version: 3.0.0-3
> > > > > Severity: normal
> > > > > Tags: upstream
> > > > >
> > > > > Regression in the ark3116 (perhaps interaction with usbserial).
> > > > >
> > > > Please can you test with an older kernel package (they are still
> > > > available from <http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/>) to
> > > > verify that this is definitely a difference between kernel versions.
> > >
> > In December, testing/unstable saw versions 2.6.32-{28,29,30} and
> > experimental saw 2.6.36-1~experimental.1 followed by various 2.6.37
> > release candidates. Maybe you should just test the current version from
> > squeeze.
>
> Just installed 2.6.32-5-686 from squeeze:
> linux-image-2.6.32-5-686_2.6.32-35_i386.deb
>
>
> $ gpsbabel -t -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB2 -o gpx -F 040911.gpx
> worked ok.
>
> So the regression is quite recent.
Not so recent - 2.6.32 was released 21 months ago now.
> I can maybe try perhaps one more
> kernel with my current limited connectivity if it would help.
> But at least I can recover my gps data for now.
Probably the most useful one to test would be:
http://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux-2.6/2.6.34-1~experimental.2/
Ben.
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