Re: FreeBSD & gpsd?

<[email protected]>, [email protected] Thu, 27 Jun 2002 16:41:31 -0500 (CDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.network.wireless.bsd.airtools
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

> Has anyone gotten gpsd to work properly on FreeBSD?

Yes, but I have not tried GPSdrive.
 
> Running 4.6 -stable
> gpsd daemon keeps dumping core shortly after running GpsDrive.
> I believe it's version 1.06??

I installed the standalone GPSd source from Russ Nelson's site:

		http://russnelson.com/gpsd/gpsd-1.06.tar.gz

I've had good luck with a Garmin using the generic NMEA mode, and mixed
results using a Delorme Earthmate that only supports Rockwell Binary
protocol (unlike the Tripmate, which can be tricked into doing NMEA).

Kevin