Re: [gpsd-dev] Another release seems called for

[Jeroen Massar]

On 2013-07-23 19:37 , Gary E. Miller wrote:
> Yo Eric!
> 
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:24:01 -0400 (EDT)
> address@hidden (Eric S. Raymond) wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to ship a bugfix release next week.
> 
> Maybe another bug to look at before a release:
> 
> If I unplug a USB GPS, then plug it back in, then gpsd can no longer
> access the device:
> 
> gpsd:INFO: reconnection attempt on device 0
> gpsd:INFO: opening GPS data source type 3 at '/dev/ttyUSB0'
> gpsd:ERROR: device open failed: Permission denied - retrying read-only
> gpsd:ERROR: read-only device open failed: Permission denied
> gpsd:ERROR: /dev/ttyUSB0: device activation failed.
> 
> I assume because priviledges dropped.

Depending on platform, if on Linux you can teach udev to set the
permissions so that gpsd can access it.

Greets,
 Jeroen