Starting gpsd

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  1. tetrode27

    tetrode27

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    Hi,

    I've installed gpsd and have managed to get it working with my USB GPS receiver and TangoGPS, which suits my needs perfectly.

    However, I'm stuck with having to start gpsd in a terminal window each time as the hotplug script doesn't seem to pick up the GPS.

    I know that it's possible under other distributions to use a configuration command (dpkg-reconfigure gpsd), but this doesn't seem to work under Linpus.

    Has anyone else found this problem and come up with a suitable solution?

    Ken...
     
    tetrode27, Dec 5, 2008
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    ALT-F2 type in: xfce4-autostart-editor

    Then add the command that you normally use in the terminal to start that daemon. This will autostart that daemon everytime you boot up in the future.

    Cheers.
     
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    Hmmm!

    I didn't think of using that to start it up every time, but I guess it won't have any effect on naything else if I'm not using the GPS....and it does work!

    Thanks for that!

    Ken...
     
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    Typically daemons run in the background and usually "sleep" until a client awakens them to do something. :)

    Cheers.
     
    rbil, Dec 5, 2008
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