On 29 January 2011 15:52, Al Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2011, Neil Jerram wrote: >> Neil Jerram <[email protected]> writes: >> > Hi there, >> > >> > I'm trying to use my FR, running SHR-T RC2, as a Bluetooth GPS relay for >> > my N800. Googling suggests that people have got this kind of thing >> > working in the past, so I suspect I'm just missing a step somewhere. >> >> I haven't had any replies to this... Can anyone provide any data-points >> at all? E.g. >> >> - "You doofuss, it's well known that this doesn't work, see ..." >> >> - "You doofuss, it's already well documented how to do this, see ..." >> >> - "Yeah, I've been trying the same thing for a while, but haven't got it >> working either" >> >> Thanks :-) > > Have you tried btgps? It's a python app to turn your FR into a bluetooth gps, > and it should be in the SHR repos. Never tried it myself, but apparently it > used to work.
It's not in the SHR repo, but I found it here: http://openmoko-public-mailinglists.1958.n2.nabble.com/FSO-SHR-Debian-Update-to-BtGPS-py-td2115482.html But it would not run here: # BtGPS.py not running on a Neo FreeRunner Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/BtGPS.py", line 234, in <module> gps = BtGPS() File "/usr/bin/BtGPS.py", line 39, in __init__ self.usage_obj.RequestResource("GPS") File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__ return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 622, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `(null)' on object at path /org/freesmartphone/Usage After replacing 4 occurances of neo1973-pm- by gta02-pm- it got a bit further, but then: # BtGPS.py Running on a Neo FreeRunner BT radio state : 1 Checking 0a12 0001 Found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/BtGPS.py", line 236, in <module> gps = BtGPS() File "/usr/bin/BtGPS.py", line 39, in __init__ self.usage_obj.RequestResource("GPS") File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__ return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line 622, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface `(null)' on object at path /org/freesmartphone/Usage _______________________________________________ Shr-User mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user
