Re: Get GPS working...
On Tuesday 20 April 2010 19:28:52 Toby D. Young wrote: In short: Is there a sure-fire way of getting GPS up-and-running? I have not tested it yet, but i think the sysfs files for powering up gps are changed in v21 kernel. I have written about it here and will hopefully fix it for next release: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2010-April/061383.html Btw the gps device is /dev/ttySAC1 and if you do: cat /dev/ttySAC1 it should print some NMEA messges. If not then gps is probably not powered up. Regards Radek ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Get GPS working...
Hello. I've had the neo freefrunner gta-02 a few weeks. After browsing through a few distributions, qtmoko became my choice. I think this distribution is really great! I flashed the kernel and rootfs with uImage-v21.bin and qtmoko-debian-v21.jffs2 respectively and all seems ok, maybe better than ok :-) Only one irksome thing that is turning me away from qtmoko... I can not for the life of me get GPS to work using NeronGPS. I took the following steps after flashing: (1) apt-get gpsd (this starts on booting after a little play with the config for gpsd). neo:~# /etc/init.d/gpsd restart Stopping GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon: gpsd. Starting GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon: gpsd. neo:~# (2) Fire up NeronGPS What happens, is that NeronGPS runs, I can download maps from OM_map, for example. What never hapens is getting a fix. My phone is permanently stuck with the message Wait for fix. Have I missed something obvious here? In short: Is there a sure-fire way of getting GPS up-and-running? Best, Toby - www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Get GPS working...
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Toby D. Young tyo...@ippt.gov.pl wrote: Hello. My phone is permanently stuck with the message Wait for fix. Have I missed something obvious here? how long are you waiting? general rule for me is ruffly 10 min before i start to worry. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Get GPS working...
Hi Jeremy My phone is permanently stuck with the message Wait for fix. Have I missed something obvious here? how long are you waiting? general rule for me is ruffly 10 min before i start to worry. I've got into the habit of letting him run on... Normally around 15-25 mins before I give up. v21 is unstable right? I wonder if the problem goes away by stepping back to, say v19? What do you think? There's just this last step with GPS... Best, Toby - Toby D. Young Assistant Professor Philosophy-Physics Polish Academy of Sciences Warszawa, Polska www: http://www.ippt.gov.pl/~tyoung skype: stenografia ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Get GPS working...
2010-04...@19:28 Toby D. Young I can not for the life of me get GPS to work using NeronGPS. I took the following steps after flashing: (1) apt-get gpsd (this starts on booting after a little play with the config for gpsd). neo:~# /etc/init.d/gpsd restart Stopping GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon: gpsd. Starting GPS (Global Positioning System) daemon: gpsd. no, you do not have to install gpsd to use nerongps, afaik. just wait a lot, in particular the first time if you do not use it in 14 days. (do we save gps emispheres data?) if you are not sure your gps is powered on while you use the application, do: cat /dev/ttySAC0 if you see some garbage it's ok... else if it's silent it's ko :) -- ALFA21 IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
