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authorGary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>2018-06-18 15:27:05 -0700
committerGary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com>2018-06-18 15:27:05 -0700
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INSTALL: typo touchups.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
= GPSD Installation Instructions =
:title: GPSD Installation Instructions
-:description: Here are the steps for installing GPSD and verifying its performance.
+:description: Steps for installing GPSD and verifying its performance.
:keywords: GPSD, GPS, installation
:author: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
:robots:index,follow
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ separately as libtinfo5 or libtinfo.
=== Install your distributions package(s) ===
-Up-to-date gpsd packages are generally available for Linux
-distributions including Debian and derivatives (including Ubuntu and
-Mint), Fedora and derivatives (including CentOS), openSUSE, PCLinuxOS,
-Mageia, and Slackware. In the embedded space, CeroWRT carries
-GPSD. The GPSD package in the FreeBSD ports tree is also reliably up
-to date. Even if your distribution is not on this list, it is quite
-likely GPSD has already been packaged for it.
+Up-to-date gpsd packages are generally available for Linux distributions
+including Debian and derivatives (including Ubuntu and Mint), Fedora and
+derivatives (including CentOS), openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, Mageia, Gentoo, and
+Slackware. In the embedded space, CeroWRT and Yocto carry GPSD. The
+GPSD package in the FreeBSD ports tree is also reliably up to date.
+Even if your distribution is not on this list, it is quite likely GPSD
+has already been packaged for it.
Whatever distribution you are running, the name of the core GPSD
package containing the service daemon is almost certainly "gpsd".
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ watcher modes. You should see lines beginning with '{' that are
JSON objects representing reports from your GPS; these are reports
in GPSD protocol.
-4. Start the xgps or cgps client. Calling it with no arguments should
-do the right thing. You should see a display panel with
+4. Start the xgps or cgps client. Calling it with no arguments
+should do the right thing. You should see a display panel with
position/velocity-time information, and a satellite display. The
displays won't look very interesting until the GPS acquires satellite
lock.
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ us information to add a new line to the table. Directions are
included on that page. We can also use updates of the latest version
number known to work with hardware already supported.
-3. GPSD includes a PHP script that you can use to generate a PHP
-status page for your GPS if you wish. (It may not be in the core
-package.) It should be manually copied to your HTTP document directory.
-The first time it's invoked, it will generate a file called
-'gpsd_config.inc' in that directory containing configuration
+3. GPSD includes gpsd.php, a PHP script, that you can use to generate
+a PHP status page for your GPS if you wish. (It may not be in the
+core package.) It should be manually copied to your HTTP document
+directory. The first time it's invoked, it will generate a file
+called 'gpsd_config.inc' in that directory containing configuration
information; edit to taste.
4. There are other non-essential scripts that may be useful; these
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ install, as noted in the file *build.txt* .
=== Other Raspberry Pi tips ===
-Note: this does not apply to the RasPi3.
-
Any USB connected GPS that is known to work with gpsd will work fine on
the RasPi. No special instructions apply.
@@ -355,7 +353,7 @@ Reboot so those changes take effect.
Run gpsd like this:
--------------------------------------------------------------
-~ # gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyAMA0/dev/pps0
+~ # gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyAMA0 /dev/pps0
--------------------------------------------------------------
If you are on the RasPi with gpsd version 3.17, or above, /dev/pps0 can