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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2010-03-27 06:58:30 -0400
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2010-03-27 06:58:30 -0400
commit0034a483abd951c6bfd0558b3a1e8059dbe5c79f (patch)
tree5a17d319dbdc9d621e9bc8e99e4e3916182d24b6 /www
parent59e19743ec595dc5343b81b8026773aa943dab18 (diff)
downloadgpsd-0034a483abd951c6bfd0558b3a1e8059dbe5c79f.tar.gz
start-kismet is obsolete (relies on old protocol); remove it.
Diffstat (limited to 'www')
-rw-r--r--www/faq.html13
-rw-r--r--www/start-kismet11
-rwxr-xr-xwww/upload2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/www/faq.html b/www/faq.html
index b053f1b6..83bd6065 100644
--- a/www/faq.html
+++ b/www/faq.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ GPSD Frequently Asked Questions
<li><a href="#singleshot">Why does my single-shot query fail to return fix data?</a><br/>
<li><a href='#speed'>Why does my receiver report wildly fluctuating speed?</a><br/>
<li><a href='#gpsdrive'>Why do I get implausibly low speeds when using gpsdrive?</a><br/>
-<li><a href='#kismet'>Why do I get flaky results when I try to use <code>gpsd</code> with Kismet?</a><br/>
+<li><a href='#kismet'>Why do I get no results when I try to use <code>gpsd</code> with Kismet?</a><br/>
<li><a href='#bluetooth'>Why do I have to restart <code>gpsd</code> whenever I power-cycle my Bluetooth device?</a><br/>
<li><a href='#lockup'>My <code>gpsd</code> sometimes stops responding overnight</a><br/>
<li><a href='#why_not_parse_nmea'>Why use the <code>gpsd</code> protocol rather than parsing raw NMEA?</a><br/>
@@ -350,16 +350,9 @@ similar solution.</p>
<p>This is a gpsdrive bug, as you can verify by running
<code>xgps</code> alongside it.</p>
-<h1 id='kismet'>Why do I get flaky results when I try to use <code>gpsd</code> with Kismet?</h1>
+<h1 id='kismet'>Why do I get no results when I try to use <code>gpsd</code> with Kismet?</h1>
-<p>Kismet's interface was designed for a much older version of
-<code>gpsd</code>, and tends to fight with the autobauding code in the
-newer versions. The Kismet maintainer has promised to fix this.
-Until he does, the workaround is to start <code>gpsd</code> and make
-sure it has synced up to a GPS before running Kismet. You can <a
-href='start-kismet'>download a shellscript</a> that does this.</p>
-
-<p>Note that your Kismet configuration has to include the setting
+<p>Your Kismet configuration has to include the setting
"gps=true" This is s a surprisingly easy detail to forget.</p>
<h1 id='bluetooth'>Why do I have to restart <code>gpsd</code> whenever I power-cycle my Bluetooth device?</h1>
diff --git a/www/start-kismet b/www/start-kismet
deleted file mode 100644
index 00fae010..00000000
--- a/www/start-kismet
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Start Kismet, coping with the bad way it interacts with newer gpsd versions.
-# Originally by Andreas Schneider <mail@cynapses.org>.
-
-# netcat runs 48 seconds
-# gpsd should detect the baud rate in 40 sec
-echo -e "p\nb\nb\nb\nb" | netcat -i 8 localhost 2947 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-sleep 40
-
-kismet $*
diff --git a/www/upload b/www/upload
index ed24bc7b..6b19e32d 100755
--- a/www/upload
+++ b/www/upload
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ then
for f in $*; do scp $f $webdir/$f; done
else
(cd performance; xmlto xhtml-nochunks performance.xml)
- scp start-kismet *.html *.png *.pdf *.gif *.css *.js *.txt \
+ scp *.html *.png *.pdf *.gif *.css *.js *.txt \
performance/*.html performance/*.txt performance/*.png \
../TODO ../NEWS \
$webdir