On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi I posted a new howto on my blog. > > Bluetooth GPS Fedora howto: > http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/bluetooth-gps-fedora-howto/ > > I will copy/paste it here but please go to my blog for an always up to > date version. > > > > Bluetooth GPS Fedora howto > > If you have bluetooth GPS dongle that you have laying around, or can > borrow one from somebody, and like driving a bike or a car around then > this is the guide for you. > > > You need to have bluetooth wireless chip already installed on your > laptop. If you have a laptop or a desktop without bluetooth you can > buy and use USB bluetooth dongle. > > > You can check if you have a bluetooth and that it is working correctly > using this command: > hcitool dev > > > > Then let's make sure you have bluetooth service running: > service bluetooth status > > > if it is not running just start it with: > service bluetooth start > > > Turn on your bluetooth GPS dongle and find its bluetooth mac address > with this command: > hcitool scan > Scanning … > 00:1E:EE:00:11:22 LG KU990 > 00:02:78:99:FF:00 SJ GPS > 00:12:EE:55:00:FF Device01 > > > If you find more than one bluetooth device you should know the name of > your GPS dongle. My GPS dongle has a "GPS" in its name so it is easy > to catch its mac address: 00:02:78:99:FF:00 (SJ GPS) > > > You need to install gpsd and setup bluetooth config files, so let's > first install gpsd: > yum install gpsd -y > > > Then you need to edit bluetooth config file so that gpsd connects > automatically to GPS bluetooth dongle. > > su - > gedit -etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf > > > and add these lines: > > > rfcomm0 { > # Automatically bind the device at startup > bind yes; > > # Bluetooth address of the device > device 00:12:EE:55:00:FF; > > # RFCOMM channel for the connection > channel 1; > > # Description of the connection > comment "GPS Bluetooth dongle"; > } > > > After reboot check if you have /dev/rfcomm0 device with: > ls -al /dev/rfcomm0 > > > If after reboot (or you don't wan't to reboot) you still don't have > /dev/rfcomm0 then just issue this command: > rfcomm bind rfcomm0 > > > Now start gpsd daemon: > gpsd /dev/rfcomm0 > > > Now you can start having fun! :) > > > Install gps applications like tangogps, gpsdrive and gpsbabel. > su - > yum install tangogps gpsdrive gpsbabel > > > Now just start tangogps and gpsdrive and enjoy… Thanks for the post! This is very cool :) I assume this is on Fedora 9? Have you tried it on Fedora 10? Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
