----- "Kevron Rees" <kevron_m_r...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have some questions on implementation of gps on meego, I asked > on > >> IRC and was pointed this way... > >> > >> So while googling I noted that both gpsd and gypsy are installed > in > >> the IVI version of meego (which I verified was true). Some of the > >> messages I came across suggest gypsy is the *default* solution > >> > (http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-packaging/2010-July/000429.html) > >> -- but I couldn't find any place talking about how it connects to > a > >> gps device. Could some explain how that works? > >> > >> Also, if gypsy is the default -- is there a reason navit (which > has > >> support for gypsy) isn't configured for it? ie: source="gypsy > >> ://connectstring" -gypsy, instead of source=gpsd... which is what > is > >> there now. > >> > > BTW, > > > > I am *attempting* to use Meego in an actual carpc setup... I have > it > > installed > > right now and am trying to work out the issues/bugs as I come across > them. > > So > > hoepfully I don't/won't annoy any one :} > > > > Nasa > > Hi nasa, > > gypsy requires some application to have knowledge of the device and to > set > it up via the gypsy dbus api. I was told that gypsy should really be > used > with some sort of management layer like geoclue which I assume has > some > sort of configuration that it reads. > > In IVI, this management layer should start automatically when an > application requests a gps fix (via the dbus launching mechanism). I > don't know if this is the case however. > > Hope that helps. As I understand, the qt-mobility location backend > for > meego will be geoclue/gypsy. So that should at least abstract > application > writers from having to know the details of the device. > > cheers, > -Kevron Thanks Kevron, so I get gypsy/geoclue and I noted that navit can/does use gypsy (not sure about geoclue). It seems unclear to me (and I guess you as well) how to configure gpysy to use an actual gps device. Looking on gypsy's website ( http://gypsy.freedesktop.org/wiki/ ) doesn't help with figuring that out. And, of course, geoclue is another layer above gypsy. I also thought I read somewhere that geoclue works with gpsd... Is that correct? Nasa _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list MeeGo-dev@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
