trying to get my gps device working with kismet and gps drive

[wesmagyar]

i have a holux GR-213 USB its a sirf star III chipset was wondering if any of you have on of these and if it is possible to get it to work i have searched the web and the only returns i get on google are adds selling them.

[PrairieFire]

What commands are you using?

[wesmagyar]

well i booted the computer with the gps device connected then i followed the instructions on the gps drive site for starting gpsd i pointed it at the TTY the demesg gave me... hmm i havn't dont it in a few weeks trying to remember later i will try to do it again and post the log here. i gotta run in a bit and dont have the time right now.
i also know that ive tried to configure it with the script in gpsdrive but that didn't work either. when the computer boots up the device turns on and the light blinks like it does when it acquires the satellites so the device is functional its just a matter of getting it to interface the gpsd.
if one of you has a link for how to do this that would be awesome i did a search and didn't see one. thanx

[wesmagyar]

sorry it took so long to respond i have been fairly busy as of late

i know the device is working as i use it in window$ every day i have tried gpsd with every concievable option i can think of and it just refuses to work it is driving me up a wall sideways....
the device is a Holux GR-213 USB with the sirfstar III chipset
got this from dmesg
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
pl2303 2-1:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
usb 2-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver

bt ~ # gpsd -n -N -D 4 /dev/tty/USB0 &
[1] 7972
gpsd: launching (Version 2.33)
gpsd: listening on port 2947
gpsd: running with effective group ID 0
gpsd: running with effective user ID 0
gpsd: opening GPS data source at '/dev/tty/USB0'
gpsd: device open failed: Not a directory
gpsd: GPS device /dev/tty/USB0 nonexistent or can't be read
bt ~ # ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
6633 pts/2 00:00:00 bash
7972 pts/2 00:00:00 gpsd
7998 pts/2 00:00:00 ps
bt ~ # kill 7972
gpsd: closing GPS=/dev/tty/USB0 (-1)
gpsd: Received terminating signal 15. Exiting...
[1]+ Exit 26 gpsd -n -N -D 4 /dev/tty/USB0
bt ~ # gpsd -n -N -D 4 /dev/ttyUSB0 &
[1] 8087
bt ~ # gpsd: launching (Version 2.33)
gpsd: listening on port 2947
gpsd: running with effective group ID 0
gpsd: running with effective user ID 0
gpsd: opening GPS data source at '/dev/ttyUSB0'
gpsd: device open failed: No such file or directory
gpsd: GPS device /dev/ttyUSB0 nonexistent or can't be read
ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
6633 pts/2 00:00:00 bash
8087 pts/2 00:00:00 gpsd
8100 pts/2 00:00:00 ps
bt ~ # kill 8087
gpsd: closing GPS=/dev/ttyUSB0 (-1)
gpsd: Received terminating signal 15. Exiting...
[1]+ Exit 26 gpsd -n -N -D 4 /dev/ttyUSB0
bt ~ #

[PrairieFire]

gpsd: opening GPS data source at '/dev/tty/USB0'
gpsd: device open failed: Not a directory
gpsd: GPS device /dev/tty/USB0 nonexistent or can't be read

Try:

gpsd /dev/tts/USB0

If it is still giving you problems about 2D 3D - LOCK in kismet you might try this.

Far as a script to incorporate gpsd and kismet I currently use something similar to this:

#!/bin/sh
echo " Copying kismet configuration to location " 
cp /mnt/sdb1_removable/kismet.conf /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf
echo " Setting up Prism 2 card with correct drivers "
pccardctl eject ; rmmod orinoco_cs ; rmmod orinoco ; rmmod hermes ; modprobe hostap_cs ; pccardctl insert ;
echo " Loaded "

echo " Change MAC to another random MAC address "
ifconfig wlan0 down ; macchanger -r wlan0 ; ifconfig wlan0 up ;
sleep 1
echo " Starting Kismet & GPS "
echo " Starting GPSD 2.34 USB"
gpsd /dev/tts/USB0
start-kismet-ng
sleep 2
echo " Killing GPSD "
killall gpsd
ech0 " Safely remove Card "
ifconfig wlan0 down
sleep 1
echo " tar.gz Kismet Files "
kistar

[wesmagyar]

i put the command in you said didnt return any errors... but gpsdrive still wont communicate with the gps device... it says timeout getting data from gps reciever