[Linux-disciples] virgin gozone

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

  Have you checked the winehq database for this application?

Does the software do anything to acknowledge the device being plugged in?

You also might want to keep a Windows VM around which can save you the 
trouble of rebooting.

On 7/19/2010 11:52 PM, Karl Sokol wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is probably a long shot, but my insurance company gives me money 
> for logging in steps off of my pedometer.  I plug it into the USB port 
> on Windows which triggers a program called gozone to record the miles, 
> clear the pedometer, and send them to Virgin HealthMiles. 
> http://us.virginhealthmiles.com/pages/home.aspx
>
> In Linux, the program opens in wine and puts a little Virgin icon in 
> the taskbar, which when I right-click on, gives the options to "Visit 
> VirginHealthMiles.com" or exit.  Clicking on "visit" opens a Wine 
> Internet Explorer and goes to the page.  So, there is life there.
>
> Plugging in the pedometer gets this at the tail of dmesg...
>
> [  109.620016] usb 6-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and 
> address 2
> [  109.802210] usb 6-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [  109.843231] generic-usb 0003:1125:2000.0007: hiddev99,hidraw6: USB 
> HID v1.00 Device [SportBrain In SportBrain USB] on 
> usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0
> karl at karl-desktop:~$
>
> I think that it does the deleting part as well.  However, it doesn't 
> upload my steps, which means a daily trip to Windows, which is 
> obviously cumbersome.
>
> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
>
> Is there any hope?
>
> Grace and Peace,
>
> Karl Sokol
>
> *Think and let think.* - John Wesley ("The Character of a Methodist" 1739)
>
>
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