Re: [gpsd-dev] Configuration of gpsd

[Fred Wright]

Resending since you seem to have missed it.

On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Fred Wright wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, ldimauro wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> > i have a custom board with GPS antenna (on /dev/ttymxc3) and gpsd
> > service installed.
> > My problem appears at boot time because when the daemon is started, it
> > cannot open the device correctly and give me these errors:
> >
> > linaro-alip gpsd[1250]: gpsd:ERROR: device open of ttymxc3 failed: No
> > such file or directory - retrying read-only
> > linaro-alip gpsd[1250]: gpsd:ERROR: read-only device open of ttymxc3
> > failed: No such file or directory
> > linaro-alip gpsd[1250]: gpsd:ERROR: ttymxc3: device activation failed.
> > linaro-alip gpsd[1250]: gpsd:ERROR: ttymxc3: activation failed, freeing 
> > device
> >
> > Instead, when I start the daemon manually typing "gpsd -N -D3 -F
> > /var/run/gpsd.sock /dev/ttymxc3" or when i put this line into
> > "/etc/rc.local" file, it works correctly and I can see the right
> > coordinates with "gpsmon" program.
> >
> > Is this a simple configuration problem?
>
> Try fixing the launch configuration to include the "/dev/".

I can't be more specific without knowing anything about the launch script
you're using.

Fred Wright