[Linux-disciples] virgin gozone

[Karl Sokol]

Unfortunately, winehq doesn't mention it.  As far as I can tell, the
software doesn't do anything to acknowledge the device in linux.  I'll look
into Windows VM.  Thanks.


Grace and Peace,

Rev. Karl Sokol
Franklin Grove UMC
211 N. Spring
Franklin Grove, IL 61031
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*Think and let think.* - John Wesley ("The Character of a Methodist" 1739)



On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org>wrote:

>  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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