Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gpsd
On Lucid (fully patched as of today) I installed gpsd and left the
default /etc/default/gpsd config but xgps gets no data.
I could see the device showing up as "usb 2-2: pl2303 converter now
attached to ttyUSB0" in kern.log so I ran "dpkg-reconfigure gpsd" to add
/dev/ttyUSB0 to the DEVICES line and xgps could now get a fix. The
Pharos GPS-500 is an SiRF device (don't know more about it - this one
came with Microsoft Streets & Trips.
Another perhaps related problem is that if I unplug / replug the device,
even if it associates with the same ttyUSB0 device gpsd doesn't supply
data to xgps unless I "sudo /etc/init.d/gpsd restart", which always
seems to reconnect to the device. Restarting xgps doesn't seem to help.
So apparently gpsd needs a kick even when the device is in the config
file.
BTW, I never got this device to auto-detect in Jaunty either, so this is
likely not a regression. No idea if this is device specific or not as
the only other GPS receiver I have is the older Pharos GPS-360 which has
the same problem.
Don't believe this is related but running on an Asus eeepc 901.
Please let me know if I can provide additional information. Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 6 13:52:07 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
Package: gpsd 2.39-8ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
SourcePackage: gpsd
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686
** Affects: gpsd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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gpsd not autodetecting Pharos GPS-500
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518213
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