[QtMoko] How to install tangoGPS?

[Margo]

On 14 April 2010 10:53, Margo <keegiveel at gmail.com> wrote:
> cat /dev/ttySAC1 show nothing. Yes, it seems gps is not powered up if
> I start tangoGPS. If I do "echo 1 >
> /sys/devices/platform/s3c2440-i2c/i2c-0/0-0073/pcf50633-regltr.7/regulator/regulator.7/gta02-pm-gps.0-RF_3V/power_on"
> then  "cat /dev/ttySAC1" shows:
> $GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
> $GPVTG,,,,,,,,,N*30
> $GPGGA,,,,,,0,00,99.99,,,,,,*48
> $GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,99.99,99.99,99.99*30
> $GPGSV,1,1,00*79
> $GPGLL,,,,,,V,N*64
> $GPZDA,,,,,00,00*48
> $GPRMC,,V,,,,,,,,,,N*53
>
> etc.
>
> I'll try if it works with tangoGPS if I go outside.
>

Yes, tangoGPS works now.


On 14 April 2010 11:50, Radek Polak <psonek2 at seznam.cz> wrote:
> The sysfs paths sometimes change with kernel versions. There are two scripts
> in qtmoko which should have the correct  paths:
>
> /opt/qtmoko/bin/gps-poweron.sh
> /opt/qtmoko/bin/gps-poweroff.sh
>

The path in /opt/qtmoko/bin/gps-poweron.sh is
/sys/devices/platform/gta02-pm-gps.0/power_on

This file does exist and is 0. If I manually "echo 1" it, and then cat
it, it is still 0. Something automatically changes it back to 0.