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

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Jeroen!

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:42:01 +0200
Jeroen Massar <address@hidden> wrote:

> > 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.

Yeah, I could tweak udev, but gps had no problems opening it to start
with.  It would be nice if gpsd could still open it for a replug
without system specificc tweaks.

RGDS
GARY
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