Hi Bernd, TL;DR: modemmanager had /dev/ttyS1 open and gpsd had no access to the device (was not in the dialout group).
(hopefully google picks this up) > control: severity 785263 normal > control: tags 785263 unreproducible moreinfo > > gpsd in jessie no longer works for serial devices. > > In /etc/default/gpsd I usually configure /dev/ttyS1 with the -n flag but > > since jessie this is ignored. > > The device is not openend at start, and also not if I explicitly start a > > client (e.g. gpsmon). > > Tried the version of experimental as well but that version doesn't work > > either. > > What you are seing is probably a permission issue. You might want to check if > the user gpsd is able to access that device. Indeed gpsd was not in the group with access to the tty. But after changing that it still won't access it: root@neo:/home/folkert# ls -la /dev/ttyS1 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 65 May 7 22:53 /dev/ttyS1 root@neo:/home/folkert# grep gpsd /etc/group dialout:x:20:nut,gpsd root@neo:/home/folkert# ps -deaf | grep gpsd gpsd 14358 1 0 12:53 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gpsd -N -n /dev/ttyS1 root 14406 13042 0 12:54 pts/2 00:00:00 grep gpsd root@neo:/home/folkert# lsof -n | grep gpsd | grep tty root@neo:/home/folkert# > Also check if something is being reported in the logs. Then I did that and: May 17 12:53:38 neo gpsd[14358]: gpsd:ERROR: /dev/ttyS1 already opened by another process May 17 12:53:38 neo gpsd[14358]: gpsd:ERROR: initial GPS device /dev/ttyS1 open failed root@neo:/home/folkert# root@neo:/home/folkert# lsof -n | grep ttyS ModemMana 5431 root 11u CHR 4,65 0t0 1114 /dev/ttyS1 gmain 5431 5554 root 11u CHR 4,65 0t0 1114 /dev/ttyS1 gdbus 5431 5654 root 11u CHR 4,65 0t0 1114 /dev/ttyS1 ...again this not-so-nice modemmanager has bitten me. This is not the first time (in other not related (arduino) cases). Sigh. Problem solved! Could've figured this out myself probably but I'm still a bit scared of systemd. Thanks, Folkert van Heusden -- MultiTail is a versatile tool for watching logfiles and output of commands. Filtering, coloring, merging, diff-view, etc. http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
