On Wednesday 24 September 2008, Christian Weßel wrote: > Ok, if I understand in right: > > HW SW SW SW > gps -> ogpsd -> fso-gpsd -> tangogps > -> location > > Right?
That's my understanding, yes. > Ok, and in which package I can find ogpsd? > > I search for 'ogpsd' and got no pos result. I can't say - haven't tried debian yet as I can't get my SD to behave reliably as rootfs. > I just want to have a gps function, christian > > Am Mittwoch, den 24.09.2008, 15:22 +0100 schrieb Al Johnson: > > On Wednesday 24 September 2008, Christian Weßel wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, den 23.09.2008, 22:55 -0600 schrieb -stacy: > > > > First, lets look at the players in this mess... > > > > > > > > gpsd - this is our good old friend from http://gpsd.berlios.de/ "True > > > > gpsd" someone called it. > > > > ogpsd - this is a subsystem of FSO's frameworkd. It replaces gpsd > > > > it implements the Gypsy API communicating with applications > > > > via dbus > > > > fso-gpsd - is a compatibility shim to translate Gypsy messages for > > > > applications that expect gpsd > > > > tangogps - a map/gps application > > > > tangogps-fso - a version of tangogps that has been modified to > > > > understand Gypsy messages > > > > > > > > <sarcasm> > > > > I don't know how you could find this confusing. > > > > </sarcasm> > > > > > > > > That is why I said "something is talking to your GPS", if you have a > > > > stock FSO then you have ogpsd talking to the gps and tangogps (the > > > > FSO version) and Zhone are getting their data via Gypsy. You don't > > > > need gpsd > > > > or fso-gpsd in this situation. > > > > > > Thanx for the detail explaination, but I am still a little confused. > > > > > > After installation of Debian I followed the tangogps guide from OM > > > wiki. I installed fso-gps and tangogps, both with <apt-get install > > > fso-gps tangogps> and it doesn't work together. Neither 'location' nor > > > 'tango'. After a selfmade confusion with my servers iptables I > > > installed also netutils-ping and dnsutils. Thats all. > > > > > > So, please give me a hint what to de-install and which combination to > > > install and how to configured it. Maybe also the startup with zhone > > > gui, currently I need to start tangogps by xterm. > > > > > > BTW, I checked my process list and couldn't find any other gpsd except > > > > > > fso-gpsd: > > > > debian-gta02:~# ps -ef|grep gps > > > > root 1524 1 0 11:32 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/fso-gpsd -P > > > > /var/run/fso-gpsd.pid > > > > > > The reboot was several hours before... > > > > I think you need ogpsd running too. ogpsd talks to the gps and outputs > > data in gypsy format over dbus. fso-gpsd reads gypsy format data from > > dbus and outputs gpsd format data for apps needing to use gpsd. > > ... _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
