[ gpsdrive ] gpsdrive & bluetooth gps

[Chris H]

Greets:

Ive got a bluetooth gps device that works fine with my palm. Locates my 
current position seamlessly. However getting gpsdrive to talk to it via gpsd 
is a bugger. 

Ive sorted out the gpsd issues by compiling from source the latest version as 
the K/Ubuntu version is outdated and gave me too many errors continuously 
disconnecting.

Testing with cat /dev/rfcomm0 once permissions are set to wide open 777 works 
fine and I can see the data stream. Proper permission settings will be setup 
later. 

However once I launch gpsdrive I get the following error repeatedly and for 
all protocol speeds:

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May 29 00:20:32 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: client 127.0.0.1 (0) connect on fd 
8
May 29 00:20:32 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: client 127.0.0.1 (1) connect on fd 
9
May 29 00:20:32 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: opening GPS data source 
at '/dev/rfcomm0'
May 29 00:21:17 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: client(1) turned on raw mode
May 29 00:21:17 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: opening GPS data source 
at '/dev/rfcomm0'
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: speed 9600, 8N1
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: => GPS: $PASHQ,RID*28\x0d\x0a 
FAILED
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: garmin_gps not active.
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: gpsd_activate(1): opened GPS (10)
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: client(0) turned on raw mode
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: getpeername() = -1, error = 
Transport endpoint is not connected (107)
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: detaching <unknown> (sub1, fd 9) in 
detach_client
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: getpeername() = -1, error = 
Transport endpoint is not connected (107)
May 29 00:21:39 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: detaching <unknown> (sub0, fd 8) in 
detach_client
May 29 00:21:48 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: speed 4800, 8N1
May 29 00:21:48 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: => GPS: $PASHQ,RID*28\x0d\x0a 
FAILED
May 29 00:21:57 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: client 127.0.0.1 (0) connect on fd 
8
May 29 00:21:57 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: client(0) turned on raw mode
===============================================

specifically the error  

May 29 00:21:48 kubuntu8 gpsd[7064]: gpsd: => GPS: $PASHQ,RID*28\x0d\x0a 
FAILED seems to be the reason the gpsdrive does not get a gps signal I 
think???

Googling this error message only give one post of someone trying to setup GCA 
time but this is not related me thinks. 

Any clues as to whats going on as I'm lost on this one as gpsdrive simply does 
not see the gpsd data stream. 

Best and thanks

-- 
/ch