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diff --git a/system/gpsd/README b/system/gpsd/README index a111f54615..379d93e8bd 100644 --- a/system/gpsd/README +++ b/system/gpsd/README @@ -4,28 +4,31 @@ location, course, and velocity available to be queried on TCP port 2947 of the host computer. With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications (such as navigational and wardriving software) can share access to GPSes without contention or loss of data. Applications that presently use -gpsd include Viking and Kismet. +gpsd include Viking, foxtrotgps and Kismet. -See README.build for some additional build options that might be useful. +See README.build for some build options that might be useful. -To enable automatic startup of gpsd at boot time, or when a GPS device is -connected via USB, you need to do the following three steps: +To enable automatic startup of gpsd at boot time, or when a GPS device +is connected via USB, you need to do the following four steps: -1. Edit the file /lib/udev/rules.d/97-gpsd.rules and uncomment the line -(or lines) beginning '#ATTRS' that corresponds to your GPS hardware and -save it in /etc/udev/rules.d/. To avoid confusion with other USB serial -devices that you might have, do not uncomment lines that do not -correspond to your GPS hardware. +1. Copy the file /lib/udev/rules.d/97-gpsd.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/ -2. Make the file /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd executable. +2. Edit the file /etc/udev/rules.d/97-gpsd.rules and uncomment the line +(or lines) beginning '#ATTRS' that corresponds to your GPS hardware. +To avoid confusion with other USB serial devices that you might have, +do not uncomment lines that do not correspond to your GPS hardware. +But if you do not know which line to uncomment, and you do not have any +other serial devices, you can uncomment them all :-) + +3. Make the file /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd executable. chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd -3. Add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local +4. Add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd start fi -Configuration options may be set in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd.conf. The -defaults will usually be adequate. However, if your GPS is on a real (non-USB) -serial port -- for example, /dev/ttyS0 -- you should add /dev/ttyS0 to -GPS_DEVICES in /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd.conf. +Configuration options may be set in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd.conf. +The defaults will usually be adequate. However, if your GPS is on a +real (non-USB) serial port -- for example, /dev/ttyS0 -- you should add +/dev/ttyS0 to GPS_DEVICES in /etc/rc.d/rc.gpsd.conf. |