gpsd not in ASU repository?

Torfinn Ingolfsen tingox at gmail.com
Fri Jul 25 11:48:47 CEST 2008


Hello,

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Christopher White <chris at grierwhite.com> wrote:
>> It's not necessary in ASU.

I disagree - gpsd or somethin like it is required no matter which
"package" you run on your FreeRunner.
Why? So that several applications cn get the gps data at the same time.

>> The Diversity app works without any gpsd.

How? does it read directly from the tty?

>> Enabled the GPS antenna using Exposure, then

Ah. Exposure dosn't start here, not even after I upgraded my ASU image
with opkg from
http://downloads.openmoko.org/openmoko-repository/ASU/armv4t

> 4. Configuration / Preferences?  TangoGPS seems to have a lot more
> options for things.

Diversity lacks tracking, AFAICT.
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen




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