Re: [gpsd-dev] gpsd on debian

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo tz!

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 09:58:44 -0500
tz <address@hidden> wrote:

> What brand of gps (or more important serial device)?  Lsusb?

GR-601W, a PL2303 serial part.

> Dpkg-reconfigure gpsd might help.

How?  I am new to debian.

>  If it is an FTDI generic serial
> port, it is NOT associated with gpsd via udev by default, but you can
> enable it.

And how would I enable a PL2303?

> On Dec 13, 2013 11:25 PM, "Gary E. Miller"
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Yo All!
> >
> > I just got an odroid-u2, a core 4-core ARM board that kicks the
> > raspi under the carpet:
> >
> > http://hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G135341370451
> >
> > I popped on Debian Wheezy and it works great.
> >
> > I can now confirm that the debian gpsd package by default does not
> > work with
> > USB GPS.
> >
> > The package starts gpsd this way:
> >
> >     gpsd -F /var/run/gpsd.sock -P /var/run/gpsd.pid
> >
> > But it never sees the USB GPS.
> >
> > If I do the obvious, then things work fine:
> >         killall gpsd
> >         gpsd -n /dev/ttyUSB0
> >
> > I'm not familiar with how the gpsd control socket thing works.  Can
> > someone give me a clue how to debug this thing?
> >
> > BTW, I can sorta see why debian puts the gpsd clients in a separate
> > package as they puul in a ton of dependencies, but cgps does not
> > need many dependencies, so I think debian should include that in
> > the bas package.
> >
> > RGDS
> > GARY
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR
> > 97701 address@hidden  Tel:+1(541)382-8588
> >




RGDS
GARY
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Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97701
        address@hidden  Tel:+1(541)382-8588

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