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| author | David Spencer <baildon.research@googlemail.com> | 2011-09-07 23:21:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Niels Horn <niels.horn@slackbuilds.org> | 2011-09-21 19:48:31 -0300 |
| commit | e6f17288e3d02ddfe3eeb063b637d0986c7bce5f (patch) | |
| tree | 02765da686bdf6831a4e3dfb22e518835e509d02 /system/gpsd/README | |
| parent | 9080a47e3d7349cc58bf15b944af817a25cf39b2 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-e6f17288e3d02ddfe3eeb063b637d0986c7bce5f.tar.gz | |
system/gpsd: Downgraded to version 2.95 due to API breakage.
Added rc.* files and *.desktop files.
Added udev rules and scripts.
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/gpsd/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/gpsd/README | 35 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/system/gpsd/README b/system/gpsd/README index 5a1d1b8508..a111f54615 100644 --- a/system/gpsd/README +++ b/system/gpsd/README @@ -1,8 +1,31 @@ -gpsd is a service daemon that monitors one or more GPSes attached to a -host computer through serial or USB ports, making all data on the location, -course, and velocity available to be queried on TCP port 2947 of the host -computer. With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications (such as navigational -and wardriving software) can share access to GPSes without contention or -loss of data. Applications that presently use gpsd include Viking and Kismet. +gpsd is a service daemon that monitors one or more GPSes attached to +a host computer through serial or USB ports, making all data on the +location, course, and velocity available to be queried on TCP port +2947 of the host computer. With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications +(such as navigational and wardriving software) can share access to GPSes +without contention or loss of data. Applications that presently use +gpsd include Viking and Kismet. See README.build for some additional build options that might be useful. + +To enable automatic startup of gpsd at boot time, or when a GPS device is +connected via USB, you need to do the following three steps: + +1. Edit the file /lib/udev/rules.d/97-gpsd.rules and uncomment the line +(or lines) beginning '#ATTRS' that corresponds to your GPS hardware and +save it in /etc/udev/rules.d/. To avoid confusion with other USB serial +devices that you might have, do not uncomment lines that do not +correspond to your GPS hardware. + +2. Make the file /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd executable. + chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd + +3. Add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local + if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd start + fi + +Configuration options may be set in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd.conf. The +defaults will usually be adequate. However, if your GPS is on a real (non-USB) +serial port -- for example, /dev/ttyS0 -- you should add /dev/ttyS0 to +GPS_DEVICES in /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd.conf. |