[ gpsdrive ] [gpsdrive] Screensize on eeepc?

[Guenther Meyer]

Am Sonntag 27 April 2008 schrieb Antony Stone:
> On Sunday 27 April 2008 22:25, Guenther Meyer wrote:
> > Am Sonntag 27 April 2008 schrieb Antony Stone:
> > > The -r and -s options appear to make no difference at all to the size
> > > of the window GPSdrive opens.
> >
> > which 2.10pre4 are you using? the release or the svn version?
>
> The release version.  If the SVN version is different, shouldn't that have
> a different version number?  Perhaps something like "2.10pre4svn"?
>
the package has a different version but not the window when gpsdrive is 
running. (note to myself: this should be change).

> > the newer versions don't have the -x, -r, -s options anymore.
>
> I'm assuming that the info I get from "gpsdrive -h" matches what that
> version of gpsdrive can do...
>
right.

> > there you can use "--geometry" to set the window size, and "-M car" or
> > "-M pda" to choose another display mode.
> >
> > otherwise your values for -r or -s may be too low, and therefore aren't
> > used...
>
> What do you mean by "too low"?  I can't make them any bigger, or the window
> won't fit on the screen.  I don't get an error message when I start
> gpsdrive with the -r and -s options, so I'm assuming there's no problem
> with the values I entered?
>
the handling of the window size was some kind of strange, depending on the 
values and the display mode. if it works, good. if not, at least I can't give 
you a good hint, other than trying the svn-version.

> > > Additional question - where / how do I tell GPSdrive where to find my
> > > GPS device now?  The last version of GPSdrive I used worked with gpsd,
> > > but this one seems to want to drive things on its own, but "gpsdrive
> > > --help" doesn't tell me how to tell it where to find the GPS receiver.
> >
> > no, it's the other way. gpsdrive won't try to do gps things on it's own
> > anymore, it relies on gpsd for the connection.
>
> Oh, in that case I misread the ChangeLog file.
>
this file is maybe a little bit outdated...

> > normally gpsdrive connects to a locally running gpsd
>
> Okay, in that case I'll try to get a copy.  I'm sure gpsdrive used to come
> with its own source for gpsd, but I don't see it now, which is another
> reason why I thought it wasn't needed.
there are no reasons anymore to use our own patched version of gpsd. we now 
rely on the original distribution.

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