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

[Pedro Antonio Neves]

Hey Gary:

On 19-09-2016 20:07, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> Prove it.  OTOH, why fight it.  For many reasons gpsd runs much better
> as root.  Don't start off crippling yourself.
As root:

sudo gpsd -nND 8 /dev/ttyUSB0

gpsd:INFO: launching (Version 3.16)
gpsd:IO: opening IPv4 socket
gpsd:SPIN: passivesock_af() -> 3
gpsd:IO: opening IPv6 socket
gpsd:SPIN: passivesock_af() -> 4
gpsd:INFO: listening on port gpsd
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(917509,0,0) succeeded, segment 0
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(950281,0,0) succeeded, segment 1
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(983050,0,0) succeeded, segment 2
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(1015819,0,0) succeeded, segment 3
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(1048588,0,0) succeeded, segment 4
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(1081357,0,0) succeeded, segment 5
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(1114126,0,0) succeeded, segment 6
gpsd:PROG: NTP: shmat(1146895,0,0) succeeded, segment 7
gpsd:PROG: successfully connected to the DBUS system bus
gpsd:PROG: shmget(0x47505344, 8936, 0666) for SHM export succeeded
gpsd:PROG: shmat() for SHM export succeeded, segment 1179664
gpsd:INFO: stashing device /dev/ttyUSB0 at slot 0
gpsd:PROG: no /etc/gpsd/device-hook present, skipped running ACTIVATE 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
gpsd:INFO: running with effective group ID 14
gpsd:INFO: running with effective user ID 99
gpsd:INFO: startup at 2016-09-19T19:29:49.000Z (1474313389)

Still busy with I don't know what...

Cheers:

Pedro