[snip] >> Hi nasa, >> >> gypsy requires some application to have knowledge of the device and to >> set >> it up via the gypsy dbus api. I was told that gypsy should really be >> used >> with some sort of management layer like geoclue which I assume has >> some >> sort of configuration that it reads. >> >> In IVI, this management layer should start automatically when an >> application requests a gps fix (via the dbus launching mechanism). I >> don't know if this is the case however. >> >> Hope that helps. As I understand, the qt-mobility location backend >> for >> meego will be geoclue/gypsy. So that should at least abstract >> application >> writers from having to know the details of the device. >> >> cheers, >> -Kevron > > Thanks Kevron, > > so I get gypsy/geoclue and I noted that navit can/does use gypsy (not sure > about geoclue). It seems unclear to me (and I guess you as well) how to > configure gpysy to use an actual gps device. Looking on gypsy's website > ( http://gypsy.freedesktop.org/wiki/ ) doesn't help with figuring that > out. > And, of course, geoclue is another layer above gypsy. > > I also thought I read somewhere that geoclue works with gpsd... Is that > correct? >
geoclue can work with either gpsd or gypsy. If you have geoclue running, and configured correctly, it should set up gypsy with the right device (i think). After that it's just a matter of getting navit to use it. _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
