[FOSS-GPS] Questions about foxtrotgps

Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindfors at iki.fi
Wed Oct 13 11:01:29 EDT 2010


James Hiebert <james at hiebert.name> writes:
> Hrm... how does gpsd configure/detect devices?  My /dev/gps points to
> /dev/ttySAC1

With udev I think but there is no way to autodetect GPS chips that are
behind regular serial ports.

> + /etc/init.d/gpsd start

Which device does this end up using? Look at "ps axuf | grep gpsd".

You can also manually try

gpsd -b -G -N -n -D 1 /dev/ttySAC1




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