[ gpsdrive ] help with garmin etrex

[Guenther Meyer]

Am Donnerstag 27 März 2008 schrieb steve:
> Hi,
>
>
> rekindling interest in gpsdrive, I had my etrex working a long time ago,
> but now am having a difficult time doing so. using 2.10 pre4 now.
>
> Im using the same serial to usb cable that worked before, and have the
> gps set to 4800 nmea.  have gpsd installed and started with gpsd
> /dev/ttyusb0 (got that from the doc page, what happened to the "start
> gpsd button? ) and then start with
> gpsdrive -t  /dev/ttyusb0
>
start gpsdrive without any options and it should connect to a locally running 
gpsd server automatically.

the -t option for a direct serial connection is obsolete. gpsdrive relies on 
gpsd for getting the gps data now.

have you tried xgps, so you can see if at least the gps-gpsd connection works?
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