problems downloading from predator in ubuntu 12.10

[Jef Driesen]

On 07-03-13 17:06, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
>
> On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Jan Schubert wrote:
>
>> On 07.03.2013 13:39, Jef Driesen wrote:
>>> On 2013-03-07 13:29, Diego Mainou wrote:
>>>> Followed the manual  to pair the computer with no joy.
>>>>
>>>> Tried with the original blue tooth dongle and another two with no joy.
>>>>
>>>> I get: Slip RX: unexp. SLIP END
>>>>
>>>> Also have tried with the wifi  off. Haven't tried other drivers as I
>>>> wouldn't even know where to find them.
>>>
>>> I already received another report with a similar error, but I haven't
>>> found the problem yet.
>>
>> Yeah this is common issue and is also seen in Windows some times. And
>> I've also seen this when trying JDiveLog on the same box where
>> ldc/subsurface worked fine, so the issue might be indeed on the software
>> side.
>
> Actually, the current assumption is that there is some oddity in the Firmware.
> Of course, libdivecomputer should be able to work around that (as the
> Shearwater app works fine), but I have not been able to get this to work, yet.

I wonder if retrying a failed request does fix this problem. It's something 
worth trying. Right now any kind of failure is considered fatal. Maybe the 
Shearwater app does something like this, and that's why it works (and maybe also 
for the Petrel issue)?

Jef