outrageously newbie question about playing with GPS on fedora
(note: even though i'm running rawhide, this issue has nothing to do with rawhide itself, so i'm using the regular list.) having never messed with GPS software running on linux, one or two truly beginner-level questions. if i want to simply buy a GPS receiver and set up my fedora laptop to start receiving raw NMEA data, once i purchase the receiver and install something like gpsd, is there any additional expense in terms of a monthly service subscription or anything like that? (i warned you this would be a dumb question.) i'm interested primarily in experimenting with receiving/parsing NMEA data, the kernel modules involved, etc., so i don't need spectacular performance or precision. i'm in california next week so i figured i'd check out these two USB GPS receivers: http://www.embeddedworks.net/satl114.html http://www.embeddedworks.net/satl116.html then i'd install gpsd (or equivalent if one exists), fire up a client and start reading data. is there any more to it than that? also open to recommendations for other GPS receivers if anyone has good experiences. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: outrageously newbie question about playing with GPS on fedora
There is no other expense, unless you want to get into tying in your location to map data from a non-free source. I use an older Holux puck-type receiver, similar to your first selection. Since my upstream is somewhat flakey due to the variable latency problems introduced by my incompetent last-mile provider, I provide my own NTP stratum-0 reference clock from the NMEA stream. On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: (note: even though i'm running rawhide, this issue has nothing to do with rawhide itself, so i'm using the regular list.) having never messed with GPS software running on linux, one or two truly beginner-level questions. if i want to simply buy a GPS receiver and set up my fedora laptop to start receiving raw NMEA data, once i purchase the receiver and install something like gpsd, is there any additional expense in terms of a monthly service subscription or anything like that? (i warned you this would be a dumb question.) i'm interested primarily in experimenting with receiving/parsing NMEA data, the kernel modules involved, etc., so i don't need spectacular performance or precision. i'm in california next week so i figured i'd check out these two USB GPS receivers: http://www.embeddedworks.net/satl114.html http://www.embeddedworks.net/satl116.html then i'd install gpsd (or equivalent if one exists), fire up a client and start reading data. is there any more to it than that? also open to recommendations for other GPS receivers if anyone has good experiences. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: outrageously newbie question about playing with GPS on fedora
On Sun, 12 Oct 2014, John Mellor wrote: There is no other expense, unless you want to get into tying in your location to map data from a non-free source. I use an older Holux puck-type receiver, similar to your first selection. Since my upstream is somewhat flakey due to the variable latency problems introduced by my incompetent last-mile provider, I provide my own NTP stratum-0 reference clock from the NMEA stream. i suspected as much, just wanted to make sure. i suspect that, once i pick up a decent receiver, the setup and usage will be fairly straightfoward. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
sony-ericsson p910i
Dear Experts, since I'm moving to a new phone my old sony-ericsson p910i is going to retire but before that I'd like to get all the SMS, phots and phone numbers I've stored on it and that I can't move to the SIM (too small). It connects to my laptop through a craddle and a usb cable and lsusb gives the following: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0403:fc82 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd SEMC DSS-20/DSS-25 SyncStation Device Descriptor: bLength18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x0403 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd idProduct 0xfc82 SEMC DSS-20/DSS-25 SyncStation bcdDevice4.00 iManufacturer 1 Sony Ericsson iProduct2 SEMC DSS SyncStation iSerial 3 LU1025V8 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0x80 (Bus Powered) MaxPower 40mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 2 SEMC DSS SyncStation Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes2 Transfer TypeBulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes2 Transfer TypeBulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Device Status: 0x (Bus Powered) But the KDE device notifiers (I don't know the application name) don't recognize its presence not mount it automatically. Googling around seems that the tool to connect to a smartphone (also old generation as mine) is gnokii but seems that it needs to be configured before detecting the phone and I'm not able to do that. Google doesn't help either: I didn't find any configuration for gnokii supporting my phone. So, some of you can help me? Best Walter -- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Can't re-create initrd
I wrote: Eventually, I want to modify the initrd. But first I want to find a working procedure to create the revised version. So, without changing anything, I'm trying to recreate the initrd. If I can't get an unmodified version to work, I probably have no hope for a modified one. My current command sequence is, # mkdir newrd; cd newrd # unxz ../initrd.img | cpio -im # unxz ../initrd.img | cpio -it | cpio -oc | xz ../initrd2.img The result is slightly smaller than the original. lsinitrd shows both images to have exactly the same content in the same sequence but with different timestamps on directories and links. Without changing the PXE instructions, either the kernel or the append lines, I move the new file on top of the original and try to PXE boot. That's when it fails. It does appear to find the root as several screens worth of messages fly by. The last few I see make reference to sda and sdb (the target has two disks). But I can't read fast enough to see the last messages before the kernel panic (which fills the screen). Well, I've found a procedure that can successfully create a new initrd. It was suggested that I use the xz_wrap.sh script included with the kernel. That script is probably used for the initramfs associated with the real kernel but doesn't appear to be used for the PXE kernel and initrd. Using it didn't work but did point me to the various xz options which might be relevant. I also found some clues reviewing the output of xv -lvv on the standard initrd. Here is the procedure which works. find . | cpio -oc | xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB ../initrd2.img Probably the most critical part of that is the crc32. xz defaults to crc64 but I'm told that the kernel doesn't include the code for that. -- Dave Close, Thales Avionics, Irvine California USA. cell +1 949 394 2124, dave.cl...@us.thalesgroup.com If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then is an empty desk? --Albert Einstein -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Can't re-create initrd
On 10/12/2014 01:39 PM, CLOSE Dave wrote: find . | cpio -oc | xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB ../initrd2.img So . (dot) is /boot/grub2 ?? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Latest updates for mate no longer remember what gui apps were running in previous login.
Hi all, Mate is not restarting the apps that were running in previous login. Apps like thunderbird, firefox, smplayer, skype, etc. Looking to see if someone found a solution for this. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Can't re-create initrd
. (dot) usually in these cases are whatever preferred named sub-directory that you extracted it in to start with. On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:48 PM, jd1008 jd1...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/12/2014 01:39 PM, CLOSE Dave wrote: find . | cpio -oc | xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB ../initrd2.img So . (dot) is /boot/grub2 ?? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
What happened to system-config-display
I used to be able to use it for changing resolutions. Is there no replacement or am I missing a package? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: What happened to system-config-display
On 12/10/14 04:35 PM, jd1008 wrote: I used to be able to use it for changing resolutions. Is there no replacement or am I missing a package? It's been MIA since Fedora 15 - they suggest xrandr -- 1984 was not meant as a blueprint for democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
