I had trouble with my DeLorme GPS a while back. This new version of Ubuntu (or the kernel) fixes it.
I installed Ubuntu 8.10 just recently and I was able to get my GPS to work. All I did was install gpsd with apt-get.
Here is the output from dmesg:
[39636.625066] usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [39636.806942] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [39637.437849] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial [39637.437876] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic [39637.437912] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic [39637.437915] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core [39637.452600] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for DeLorme Earthmate USB [39637.452622] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for HID->COM RS232 Adapter [39637.452637] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for Nokia CA-42 V2 Adapter [39637.452670] cypress 4-2:1.0: DeLorme Earthmate USB converter detected [39637.454432] usb 4-2: DeLorme Earthmate USB converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [39637.454461] usbcore: registered new interface driver cypress [39637.454464] cypress_m8: Cypress USB to Serial Driver v1.09 [39637.486314] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev [39637.487441] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid [39637.488536] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
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