Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:35:59 +0100 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tangoGPS && FreeBSD 7.0 Message-ID: <20081104173559.2901b14e@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <20081030192026.GA5498@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20081029092516.GA3095@rebelion.Sisis.de> <20081030195105.1b5a154d@fabiankeil.de> <20081030192026.GA5498@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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--Sig_/Sl37_ADLVUDZNaobOHu3fM3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> wrote: > El d=EDa Thursday, October 30, 2008 a las 07:51:05PM +0100, Fabian Keil e= scribi=F3: >=20 > > Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > >=20 > > > Is anybody aware of a port of tangoGPS > > > http://www.tangogps.org/gps/cat/About to FreeBSD 7.0? It runs it in my > > > Linux based cellphone Openmoko FreeRunner and it would be nice to have > > > it as well in my eeePC (just for having better capacity for cached ma= ps > > > of OpenStreetMap and a bigger display). What kind of USB based GPS > > > devices could be used in this eeePC with FreeBSD 7.0? > >=20 > > Using your FreeRunner seems like an obvious choice to me. > >=20 > > I got one as well, but I'm not aware of a tangoGPS port > > for FreeBSD and haven't looked into how much effort > > porting it would take either. >=20 > tangoGPS compiled and works just fine in FreeBSD, just the usual way: >=20 > ./configure > make > make install Good to know. Are you already working on a port? > it needs a gps daemon which is in the ports, and you need some GPS > device RS232 or USB based and the web pages of gpsd have a long list > of compatibel devices, for sure not all tested with FreeBSD; will see if > I could check some out in the near future; I was thinking about running tangoGPS on FreeBSD and connecting it to the gpsd already running on the Freerunner. Fabian --Sig_/Sl37_ADLVUDZNaobOHu3fM3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkQee8ACgkQBYqIVf93VJ3hrwCeN+iln4iIlbqdIOiiQW0EjEXZ wRQAn31Q/EBTsny35yZwFUoZRo6TKrlz =IDY+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Sl37_ADLVUDZNaobOHu3fM3--
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