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I have a Garmin GPSMAP 65 with a Micro SD card. The tracks recorded on the device don't seem to be on the SD card, which makes it seemingly impossible to copy them from the device using Linux.

Either of these 2 things could help me:

  • Is there a way to save the tracks onto the SD card instead of the internal memory?
  • Is there a setting that would allow ubuntu to recognize the Garmin GPSMAP 65 device as an SD card when connected via USB?

I have tried connecting via USB, but Ubuntu doesn't even show any new devices with e.g. lsblk

Giacomo1968
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After another hour spent today wondering, I finally realized to try another USB cable. I think all my issues were coming from a defective cable.

With the new cable and the Gpsmap 65 in MTB mode I get the following results with sudo dmesg -w which @peregrino69 suggested.

$ sudo dmesg -w | grep Garmin
[366555.328607] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Garmin
[366564.028948] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Garmin   Garmin Flash     1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[366564.029569] scsi 1:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Garmin   Garmin SD Card   1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

The device now also shows up with

$ lsblk
NAME                  MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINTS
sdb                     8:16   1 14,6G  0 disk  /media/username/GARMIN

Now I can also copy the tracks from the device. They are in the Garmin/GPX directory. Here is the directory structure just for reference:

/media/username/GARMIN
├── Garmin
│   ├── BirdsEye
│   ├── CONNECT
│   ├── CustomMaps
│   ├── CustomSymbols
│   ├── Debugging
│   ├── EDM
│   ├── Express
│   ├── ExtData
│   ├── Filters
│   │   └── Geocache
│   ├── GPS
│   ├── GPX               <-- Here be tracks ;)
│   │   ├── Archive
│   │   └── Current
│   ├── Profiles
│   ├── SQL
│   │   └── temp
│   └── Text
└── System Volume Information
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