Very nice, thanks. It's indeed working, sort of: - on my SHR image (08.12.16), settings has no option for GPS
- it took at least 4 minutes to get a fix. Last time, I gave up after 10 min. All tests this evening, same place, tallest buildings almost 100mt away; my house is ~10mt high. Regards, Fernando Helge Hafting wrote: > Fernando Martins wrote: > >> No luck: >> >> - I've setup date and timezone; >> - GPS is on, per /sys/class... incantation >> - demon fso-gpsd is on, checked with ps >> - telnet comunicates with gpsd but no good data >> - tangoGPS doesn't find GPS device >> >> I have no idea of the reception capabilities of om (or GPS devices in >> general): is it supposed to work indoors? >> > > Open shr settings (one of the icons) and make sure > gps is on there. I don't need any sys/class stuff > to use the gps with SHR. SHR image of dec.16 should be ok, > one of the earlier ones had gps not working. Also, > not all "alternative" kernels have working gps. > > > Go outside, get away from tall buildings. > Start tangogps, stand still. > It may take 2 minutes to get a fix with some bad luck. > Moving around makes this worse. Tall buildings make this worse. > Starting tangogps indoors and then going outside may take > more time. So if you look at the map indoors, restart tangogps > when you get outside. > > The gps may or may not work indoors - if you come in from > outside. Don't expect the gps to start up indoors though. > don't expect gps to work at all in a building with several floors > above you. > > Gps units generally need a stronger signal to start up, > then they can follow weaker signals in less > than ideal areas. But it won't start up in "bad" places. > > Helge Hafting > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
