Re: [gpsd-users] Garmin Montana 600, gpsd and Arch Linux

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Pedro!

On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:18:59 +0100
Pedro Antonio Neves <address@hidden> wrote:

> This is what I get after disabling all systemd GPS-related units and 
> using the above procedures:
> 
> gpsd -nND 8 /dev/ttyUSB0

That looks good.  Did you do that as root?

> hook gpsd:INFO: opening GPS data source type 3 at '/dev/ttyUSB0'
> gpsd:ERROR: device open of /dev/ttyUSB0 failed: Device or resource
> busy 
> - retrying read-only
> gpsd:ERROR: read-only device open of /dev/ttyUSB0 failed: Device or 
> resource busy
> gpsd:ERROR: initial GPS device /dev/ttyUSB0 open failed

You are totally dead if you can't optn the /dev/ttyUSB0.  gpsd can't
read the mind of the GPS without a connection to it.

What are the file perms on that device?

~ # ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 Sep 19 11:04 /dev/ttyUSB0
~ # 





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