Re: Log and notes

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Steve!

On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 15:09:57 -0600 (CST)
Steve Bourland <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hopefully attached you will find the binary log from gpspipe

Thanks.  That exactly showed the roll over problem. Luckily the current
leap second is also being sent in the PVT message.  I'll add your log as
a regressions test, and look at getting a roll over workaround in place.

Your firmware version was not in the log.

> and my
> very crude notes about what I did to get gpsd to compile under Ubuntu
> 18.04.3. I plan to redo a fresh install and straight forward install
> to make sure I have everything covered.  There is a not insignificant
> chance I didn't record some packages I installed/removed/etc.  I hope
> to get to that early next week.

In your build log:

> xgps not behaving super awesome yet (not unexpected, GEM doesn't use it).

I use xgps all the time.  It should work pretty well, but never awsome,
yet.  Patches welcome.

I'm working on the INSTALL for Debian Buster.  After that I'll look at
updating the Ubuntu section.

> I'm trying to kick my Garmin back out of binary mode, but it doesn't
> seem to want to listen to me, several times I have thought about just
> chucking it out the window (which would be entertaining, my office
> windows don't open), but then remember what a pain it would be to
> rewire stuff to a new unit, so haven't done so...yet.

I have no idea why you would want out of garmin binary mode.  It is
superior (for its age) to the Garmin NMEA mode.

I assume you tried "gpsctl -b" while gpsd?

>  Feel free to
> let me know if I can help out with any other testing or any other
> way.  I have four other Garmins running on an off-line network that
> have yet to "misbehave," but their servers have all been up over 6
> months.

Rumour has it that a reboot will cause older firmware to enter the
fail zone.

RGDS
GARY
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