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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-20 12:46:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-20 12:46:54 +0000 |
| commit | b08f2f2902af113ad163aee31a601777e3a3ab82 (patch) | |
| tree | 0255dd25d0313fb6a76961a813b6ed883382c391 /gpsd.xml | |
| parent | 04b69ee667b9c36b70c61e33ea7b10aeb92c2961 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-b08f2f2902af113ad163aee31a601777e3a3ab82.tar.gz | |
Now, we only exit on not being able to open the GPS in monitor (-n) mode.
We keep trying to reopen it, instead. This means that non-monitor
mode can be a long-running daemon and survive having the GPS cable
unplugged and replugged.
Diffstat (limited to 'gpsd.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | gpsd.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -269,7 +269,12 @@ the replies. Examples:</para> <para>If the GPS stops sending updates to gpsd, gpsd will continue presenting the last data it got for 5 seconds, then begin -sending back empty responses xinsisting only of the GPSD prefix.</para> +sending back empty responses consisting only of the GPSD prefix.</para> + +<para>When clients are active but the GPS is not responding, gpsd will spin +trying to open the GPS device once per second. Thus, it can be left +running in background and survive having the GPS repeatedly unplugged +and plugged back in.</para> </refsect2> <refsect2><title>gps</title> |