[ gpsdrive ] beginner questions

[Charles Curley]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 03:25:02PM -0600, Howard Feldstein wrote:
> I'm just getting started with GPS on my eeePC running eeebuntu.  I have gpsd
> and gpsdrive loaded and I have a DeLorme LT40 receiver plugged in and running
> (according to dmesg).  When I run gpsdrive, no GPS is detected.  Do you have
> any suggestion as to how I can check this out and get this running?

First, install gpsd-clients. Then use xgps to verify the correct
operation of gpsd.

You may have to muck around with the setup ("dpkg-reconfigure gps") so
that gpsd finds the receiver. See /etc/default/gpsd for the options
available.

For more information, "man gpsd" and http://gpsd.berlios.de/

Only then should you bother with gpsdrive.

This should be a FAQ if it isn't already.

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