[ gpsdrive ] 2 Km shift when used as non-root user

[Mohamed SAAD]

Le jeudi 2 août 2007 19:57, Jannis Achstetter a écrit :
> Mohamed SAAD schrieb:
> > Hi !
> >
> > I have just finished installing the gpsdrive v2.09 software. I am using
> > it with a NAVILOCK
> >
> > USB GPS-RECEIVER Navilock NL-302U
> > under opensuse Linux v 0.2 64 Bit AMD CPU.
> >
> > when i start as root i get my correct geographical position
> > but  when I start gpsdrive as a non-root user with access to UUCP my geo
> > position is systematically shifted ~2Km south.
> >
> > after  several trials I can't find any Hint
> >
> > any idea what the problem is ?
>
> Hello,
> maybe you just hit another localisation-problem? Try "export
> LC_ALL=""" (remove first and last " of course) and run gpsdrive then.
>
> Jannis
You are right , indeed it  is localisation problem 

I followed your suggestion and changed LC_LANG from fr_FR.UTF-8 to 
export LC_LANG="" and the position is correct.

thanks for the hint

M.  SAAD


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