Hi, The GPSD package uses this file if the user would like the GPS device to be automatically detected and loaded by GPSD.
Since this file (hotplug.functions) is still missing in Ubuntu including Jaunty and Karmic, is there an alternative to using this file? I downloaded hotplug.functions from Debian sid, and copied it to /lib/udev for the autodetecting to work in GPSD It is called by the following file in the GPSD package: /lib/dev/gpsd.hotplug.wrapper The following changes had to also be made in the file in order for everything to work properly: [ "$START_DAEMON" = "true" ] || exit 0 Changed to: [ "$START_DAEMON" = "false" ] || exit 0 Also, it had to be activated in the following file /etc/default/gpsd: USBAUTO="true" And I might had to add a device in: DEVICES="/dev/ttyUSB0" But I don't remember anymore. It's working now, but I noticed that as long as I keep plugging and unplugging the GPS device, it keeps increasing in its allocation as follows: /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/ttyUSB2 /dev/ttyUSB3 /dev/ttyUSB4 Shouldn't it instead free the previous device and use it again if it is available instead of increasing? If you can direct me to an alternative way of retrieving the functionality of hotplug.functions, I would be very grateful. Was it removed to be replaced by something else? Thanks -- /lib/udev/hotplug.functions is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/6435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
