[ltp] Gpsd & friends

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---- Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@b4net.lt> wrote: 
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 02:08:07PM -0400, bhaskins@chartermi.net wrote:
> > > (USB on old T42 broke down in an interesting way: USB1 devices work
> > > normally, but USB2 devices fail.  I think it's a hardware failure,
> > > although I'm not quite sure how it can be.)
> > > 
> > This is in no way a hardware (or) USP problem.
> > I have more than one (too many) A31s and I can swap the hard drive back
> > and forth with the same results as above i.e. the earlier versions work and
> > the later ones don't.
> 
> Earlier versions of what?
Fedora 5 or less, Ubundo Edgy.
The command
gpsd /dev/ttyUSU0
cat /dev/ttyUSB0 sends continues NEMA strings

The same commands on later versions either
do nothing or return "file not found"
Thanks,
  Bert 
> 
> > Something has changed in the software and I have no idea what it is.
> > Incidentally, USB1 works fine in all of these machines and USB2 works
> > well also when using a pcmcia adapter
> 
> But I didn't upgrade anything!  I had Ubuntu Feisty on my T42, and USB2
> worked fine, and a few months later I noticed that it didn't any more.
> 
> Okay, maybe there was a kernel security update or two.  I'll ask the
> coworker who's currently using that T42 to check if USB2 devices work on
> Ubuntu Gutsy.
> 
> Marius Gedminas
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