GPSD not working

[jeffry7]

So if I start gpsd manually with an argument to set the port to 8000, I can connect with cgps or xgps.

If I try to run by just plugging in the USB GPS and start the client nothing happens.

Apparently the USB insertion is detected and systemd does start GPSD, but for some reason I never get a fix. It even looks like there is a network connection as I can do an ss and see that cgps has the same port number as gpsd, i.e. they are connected to each other.

The only clearly odd thing is when I look at systemctl it looks like something is disabled.

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csg2@IronGiant:/etc/default$ systemctl status gpsd
● gpsd.service - GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gpsd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-04-03 19:57:48 CDT; 11min ago
  Process: 1386 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpsd $GPSD_OPTIONS $DEVICES (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 1387 (gpsd)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 1.2M
   CGroup: /system.slice/gpsd.service
           └─1387 /usr/sbin/gpsd

[Head_on_a_Stick]

The only clearly odd thing is when I look at systemctl it looks like something is disabled

Is the socket running?

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systemctl status gpsd.socket

I've never used that program so I don't know how it's supposed to work but have you tried enabling it manually?

Check the journal for clues:

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journalctl -u gpsd.service -u gpsd.socket

There's also an instance that's activated on a per-device basis:

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systemctl --all | grep gpsd@

But again, I don't know how that's supposed to work (sorry).

[arzgi]

Don't know if related, I had this issue in the past http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=138762

[jeffry7]

The only clearly odd thing is when I look at systemctl it looks like something is disabled

Is the socket running?

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systemctl status gpsd.socket

I've never used that program so I don't know how it's supposed to work but have you tried enabling it manually?

Check the journal for clues:

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journalctl -u gpsd.service -u gpsd.socket

There's also an instance that's activated on a per-device basis:

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systemctl --all | grep gpsd@

But again, I don't know how that's supposed to work (sorry).

gpsd.socket is all enabled

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csg2@IronGiant:/etc/default$ systemctl status gpsd.socket
● gpsd.socket - GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon Sockets
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/gpsd.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2020-04-03 19:50:46 CDT; 15h ago
   Listen: /var/run/gpsd.sock (Stream)
           [::1]:2947 (Stream)
           127.0.0.1:2947 (Stream)
    Tasks: 0 (limit: 4915)
   Memory: 44.0K
   CGroup: /system.slice/gpsd.socket

Enabling gpsd via systemctl did not allow the test client to connect.

Nothing special in the journal

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root@IronGiant:/etc/default# journalctl -u gpsd.service -u gpsd.socket
-- Logs begin at Fri 2020-04-03 19:50:36 CDT, end at Sat 2020-04-04 11:46:37 CDT. --
Apr 03 19:50:46 IronGiant systemd[1]: Listening on GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon Sockets.
Apr 03 19:57:48 IronGiant systemd[1]: Starting GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon...
Apr 03 19:57:48 IronGiant systemd[1]: Started GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon.

It looks like everything is enabled now, but still no joy.

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root@IronGiant:/etc/default# systemctl -all | grep gpsd
  gpsd.service                                                                                           loaded    active   running   GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon                                          
  gpsd.socket                                                                                            loaded    active   running   GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon Sockets                                  
root@IronGiant:/etc/default# 

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Did you check arzgi's link?