I am continuing to have problems with the gps functionality on my N810. Please note the use of "functionality" here - from everything I can tell, the gps hardware works fine - this looks to be a firmware/driver bug or a problem somewhere else in the management stack of the gps 'subsystem' The problem is this: When newly booted, the GPS works basically fine - seems to take a little long to get a fix, but workable. If I then shut the GPS off (using the panel applet, or by closing the map application. When I try to start the GPS back up, I get nothing. A `cat /dev/pgps` gives absolutely nothing, so there is a problem somewhere in the stack, not with getting a fix - when the gps is activated and gpsd is running, /dev/pgps should ALWAYS be emitting some form of data. Correct me if I'm wrong. `killall -HUP gpsdriver` and `killall -HUP gpsd` do not solve the problem. A reboot does (although sometimes the reboot doesn't seem to entirely 'take' and has to be repeated) My understanding of the gps stack (from forums and `ps -aef|grep gps` is: --- SirfIII gps hardware gpsd 1.0-23 (osso branded) (/usr/sbin/gpsd -n -N -F /tmp/.gpsd_ctrl_sock /dev/pgp) -- I believe it is really "/dev/pgps" and is being truncated for some reason in ps gpsdriver (?proprietary? - no help available for runtime parametes) -- (/usr/sbin/gpsdriver) [gpsd] -- ?what is this? I have never seen anything like this with gpsd on other systems /usr/libexec/navicore-gpsd-helper (bundled 3rd party binary app that kick starts the gps unit) OR the control panel applet. --- How can I trace what is going when the gps subsystem fails? Do I actually have a bad unit? I'm past the return from where I bought it so this would be a warranty issue, but I really think it is a bug somewhere in the software stack, not a problem in the hardware. I would appreciate any pointers on troubleshooting this - when the GPS works, it is great, but it is _extremely_ frustrating to have these kind of issues on a $450 device. Also, if there is (or can be made) any documentation available for how to programmatically interface to the gps, that would be very helpful. I did not buy this unit for the built in mapping program and have no intention of using it - I want to be able to control the gps (including power on and power off) from the OS (and not using GUI applets or binary-only 3rd party apps). Thanks in advance, josh
