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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-09-28 18:57:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-09-28 18:57:13 +0000 |
| commit | bec7ff9d1fe4bf6ed36c5a4923eee1e4f3561515 (patch) | |
| tree | d29b1ac15a3d88da8f364ecb4027275d888cd5f3 /INSTALL | |
| parent | 4fa434843ab45684363b4c3f945c9e00fe634098 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-bec7ff9d1fe4bf6ed36c5a4923eee1e4f3561515.tar.gz | |
Added some more installation documentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -32,12 +32,21 @@ gpsd, gps, and xgpsspeed will be built. Copy the app-defaults files gps.ad and xgpsspeed.ad to your home directory or to the system-wide X app-defaults directory. -4. Start gpsd on a serial or USB port that has the GPS connected to it. +4. Determine whether you need a non-NMEA driver. Usually you will not, +but there are unusual exceptions. Consult the hardware page at + + http://gpsd.berlios.de/hardware.html + +to find out if your hardware is one of them. If so, you may need to +specify a driver type option at gpsd startup time; if you installed +a binary RPM, this will mean editing the gpsd init script. + +5. Start gpsd on a serial or USB port that has the GPS connected to it. If you made a /dev/gps symlink, just invoking "gpsd" as root should do it. If you installed from an RPM, gpsd will be started for you automatically at boot time. -5. Once gpsd is running, telnet to port 2947. Type "r" to start raw +6. Once gpsd is running, telnet to port 2947. Type "r" to start raw and watcher modes. You should see NMEA data (text lines beginning with $) spewing out. You will also see lines with a GPSD prefix; these are sentence translations in GPSD protocol. @@ -52,12 +61,12 @@ sending data, merely that gpsd has not yet seen any *valid* position data. You will have to wait for the GPS to acquire satellite lock. If you have raw or watcher mode on it should be obvious when you get a lock. -6. Start the gps client. Calling it with no arguments should do the right +7. Start the gps client. Calling it with no arguments should do the right thing. You should see a GUI panel with position/velocity-time information, and a satellite display. The displays won't look very interesting until the GPS acquires satellite lock. -7. Check out the list of supported hardware at +8. Check out the list of supported hardware at http://gpsd.berlios.de/hardware.html |