Yes I had the patched version ... and if a change back/revert the patch applied in http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4050 ... gpsd is working!
some general info OS: Debian Squeeze 64bit GPS Holux 236 connected with bluetooth /dev/rfcomm0 gpsd version 2.95 QGIS trunk 585e581 /Nicklas On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 15:02 +0200, Nicklas Avén wrote: > Well, I found that the gpsd-problem is comming from this issue: > http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4050 > > The workaround that Joseph Wolf is giving in the comments is working: > gpspipe -r | nc -l 5555 > > But as I said I am using fairly new trunk versions and the patch should > have been applied 9 months ago. I will take a look later if I really > have compiled from the patched version, but if so, there is still a > problem about raw -> NMEA conversion. > > Or can there be anything else healthy that gpspipe is applying to the > signal? > > /Nicklas > > > > > On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 14:21 +0200, Nicklas Avén wrote: > > Hallo everybody > > > > I am trying to get the gps working with QGIS. > > > > I am using bluetooth gps, one android phone with extGPS and one Holux > > GPSlim 236 > > > > It is working (after some difficulties with file permissions) to connect > > directly to the serial port /dev/rfcomm0. > > > > I can also start gpsd and use it through FoxtrotGPS or see the result > > through gpsmon localhost:2947 > > > > But I have not succeeded to get the gpsd service as input to QGIS. I > > have not seen any documetation and the gpsd support in QGIS is mentioned > > very rarely on the net. > > > > I have tried two different Ubuntu installations with QGIS master from > > nightly repositories and locally compiled on the other. And also one > > debian with locally compiled trunk. > > > > > > I also have another strange problem. As I said I can connect from QGIS > > directly to the serial port, but on the version from the nightly > > repository the long lat position seems fixed. The altitude is changing > > as expected every second, but the long lat is a few hundred meters wrong > > and totally fixed. I cannot understand where that wrong position can be > > stored. I have restarted the computer used different gps. But on the > > debian box it works as expected and the gps-cursor is traveling around a > > small area as expected. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Nicklas Avén > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
