It seems tomtom dont like you to use the external audio connections for hands free - I guess because they are worried about feedback. I'd love to be able to fiddle with the audio level settings. Loads of linuxy stuff in there, but what to do to do updates etc? I'm running Ubuntu 9.10-based Linux Mint 8 now and can report that as before I can see into the guts of the device and its on board SD card, either with either a usb simple cable or the tomtom dock. I havn't been in for a while due to not using my car much recently but my wife has been on at me to update the device and I myself am sick of poor performance from the bluetooth hands free due to too low volume - so back into harness or at least investigation mode again. I am around and just re-found this thread. However although I sucessfully installed the new TomTom Home software under Wine it did not recognise the deviceīTW I am running Kubuntu 8.10 and everything is default. So I had to use windows to get link to the specific url, rather than the select windows, apple etc - and then I could enter it directly into opera for linux. however i discovered that although the link did not appear in either Opera or Firefox for linux (even when set to identify as Internet Explorer), it does appear for both browsers when on Windows Surprising since this is the one it came with.Īt first I was unable to download any update for Tom Tom Home from their website. The Wine version can see the device ok - but I was reluctant to enter any updates to it becuase my TomTom Home CD is v1.6 which dates from and it certainly seems out of date expecially since my device 720T is not listed (the closest one seems to be the 715). It seem there is a special module for virtualbox that I do not have. I assume there is something wrong with USB. However, the virtualbox version is unable to connect to the TomTom device so far. On the other hand I can report that TomTom Home installs and runs ok, both under Wine and Virtualbox. I made the logs (attached to this post) as you suggested but I do not know what to make of them. There's another issue at exit which also causes it to remain in memory and requires killing. Checking the running tasks it looks like the remote procedure call service is getting stuck. It tries to open the link but wine's iexplore locks-up without a window. There appears to be an issue with connecting to the TomTom manual site ("Read the manual for my device"). Wine "C:\Program Files\TomTom HOME 2\TomTomHOME.exe" I ran TomTom Home from Wine (v1.1.2) and it starts fine. The installer throws a couple of error-dialogs about missing C runtime libraries but just pressed the Okay button and carried on it completes the install. I installed the current latest TomTom Home 2 () (v23.1.92). Sudo udevmonitor -environment | tee tomtom.logĪnd attach the resulting "" to a message here. Run this command and then plug the TomTom device in: That has this same letter, with a link to Tomtom.Ĭan you capture some information for me, it might help figure things out so TomTom Home can detect the device. I'm going to start a new thread titled Tomtom petition. The only thing I can think of is to send this or your own version to Tomtom. If you need any help or advice please feel free to contact me, or the thousands of programmers at ![]() Once again, would you please consider creating a Linux distribution of TomTom home. Ubuntu Linux especially since it is free, and has excellent support via web based forums. With the dissatisfaction of Vista, XP becoming obsolete, and the price of either of them being inhibitive(and ridiculous) Linux is gaining popularity as a mainstream operating system. Myself, I run Ubuntu Linux Version 8.04 Hardy Heron. I understand TomTom's themselves are Linux based. I can't seem to run it in Wine, or in windows emulators. However I would respectfully request you please begin Linux support for TomTom Home. Tomtom home will only run on Windows, and mac. Ok what I have learned is: Tomtom's themselves are Linux based.
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