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Re: systemd and GPSD issue


From: Gary E. Miller
Subject: Re: systemd and GPSD issue
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:29:24 -0700

Yo Robert!

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:55:30 -0700
Robert Livingston <scion@olympus.net> wrote:

> We have used the various versions of GPSD for 15 years but have a 
> problem with Debian 11 that relates to socket conflicts (?).

Yup.  Systemd*umb) strikes again.

> Running GPSD from command line (#4) shows that socket conflicts are 
> maybe the issue (#3 shows the sockets).

Next time save yourself the work, and just run gpsdebuginfo to get all
you got, and a lot more.

Your problem is obvious from your data.

> #3. root@scionhfr2:/home/control# sudo lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN
> systemd      1    root   66u  IPv6  18338      0t0  TCP [::1]:2947 (LISTEN)
>  systemd      1    root   67u  IPv4  18340      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:2947 
> (LISTEN)

Notice that systemd*umber) has control of port 2947.

> #4. root@scionhfr2:/home/control# /sbin/gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyS0
> gpsd:INFO: launching (Version 3.22)
> gpsd:IO: opening IPv4 socket
> gpsd:ERROR: can't bind to IPv4 port gpsd, Address already in use

But gpsd needs port 2947!  So it fails to start.

Pick one, either have systemd(umbest) manage, badly, the gpsd daemon, or
do it yourself.  But you can't do both.

RGDS
GARY
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