[MeeGo-dev] GPS, Meego && IVI

[Nasa]

----- "Kevron Rees" <kevron_m_rees at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> >> > Does anyone know how to get this to work?
> >> >
> >> > For additional points -- this there a way to check gps data from
> >> > geoclue
> >> > without navit?
> >
> > Just to keep this thread alive....
> >
> > Is this a use case that is being worked for meego (ie: usb attached
> > gps reciever that provides gps data to navit for general naviation
> > features)?
> 
> Gypsy already supports usb/serial gps devices and even bluetooth. 
> Geoclue
> owns the configuration for associating a device with gypsy.  Take a
> look
> in its configuration files and man pages.  You can also setup and
> test
> gypsy by hand by using qtdbusviewer for example (installed from
> qt-tools-devel iirc).
> 
> I'm not sure how to setup navit to use gypsy, but navit does have a
> mailinglist and an irc channel on freenode (#navit) which will have
> more
> people who know more about navit specifics.
> 
> cheers,
> -kevron

So,

I had added the following to dbus:

gconftool-2  -t string -s > /apps/geoclue/master/org.freedesktop.Geoclue.GPSDevice /dev/gps0
(where gps0 is a symlink to my usb gps device)

I used qdbusviewer (which is from qt-devel-tools, for future googlers) to look at what was saved,
but I didn't find any reference to geoclue or gypsy.  I also saw no signs of a gypsy service
running.  BTW: the navit mailing list and irc channel are pretty quite :{

But one step at a time, I'll just work on getting gypsy working (with any assistance greatly 
appreciated)... 

Nasa