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I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and trying to make gpsd work as sever. Documentation here.

I use service --status-all to see the list:

...
 [ - ]  checkroot-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  checkroot.sh
 [ + ]  console-setup
 [ + ]  cron
 [ - ]  cups
 [ + ]  cups-browsed
 [ + ]  dbus
 [ + ]  gdm3
 ----------------
 [ - ]  gpsd  
 ----------------
 [ + ]  grub-common
 [ - ]  hostname.sh
 [ - ]  hwclock.sh
 [ + ]  irqbalance
 [ - ]  kerneloops
 [ - ]  keyboard-setup.dpkg-bak
 [ - ]  killprocs
 [ + ]  kmod
 [ + ]  lm-sensors
 [ - ]  lvm2
 [ + ]  lvm2-lvmetad
 [ + ]  lvm2-lvmpolld
 [ - ]  mountall-bootclean.sh
 [ - ]  mountall.sh
....

Gpsd shows [ - ], as it's inactive. Now, I want to make it [ + ].

I read and asked How to Stop GPSD daemon? but I now need help on how to start/activate the process/daemon gpsd.

Zanna
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Nate Duong
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  • Can you point out which section of the documentation are you following exactly? – M. Becerra Mar 20 '17 at 15:14
  • @M.Becerra : thanks for coming back, http://askubuntu.com/questions/4879/what-do-the-symbols-in-service-status-all-mean , http://askubuntu.com/questions/624632/why-does-my-init-d-script-show-up-under-status-all-but-i-cant-otherwise-cont – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 15:23
  • No, I mean, the documentation to make GPSD work as server. I assume, somewhere over here http://www.catb.org/gpsd/index.html#documentation – M. Becerra Mar 20 '17 at 15:27
  • Let me see the terminal output of cat /etc/default/gpsd and sudo service gpsd status. Edit the output into your original question, not the comments please. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 15:44
  • Oh, hello again. What changed from the time that we had it working? Also, I asked that you not use the comments to post that output. It's very difficult to cull all the information that way. Please delete those last 2 comments, and edit that output into your original question. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 16:27
  • @heynnema: oh, I read the conversation between you and "phucnguyen" regarding to the gpsmon, xgps activation. I tried to delete output but they did not let me do it, limited time to edit. it's very helpful for me, so I remember you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/891662/why-does-cgps-s-give-me-no-results – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 16:32
  • Refresh my memory... do you have a link for the conversation with phucnguyen? What changed from the time we had it running? To delete the comments with the terminal output, just click the little x icon that follows each comment... then redo the commands and edit them into your original question so they're readable. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 16:36
  • @heynnema: just did it, I hope you will remember. Maybe this question will be different. – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 16:42
  • I don't see what you "just did it"... and I still don't have answers for 1) what changed since the time we had it running, and 2) tell me the link for my conversation with phucnguyen so I can review it. I'll put together a quick answer for what I believe that you're asking... give me a couple of minutes. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 16:47
  • @heynnema: I just delete all the output on comments, and here is the conversation b/w you and him: http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/55172/discussion-on-answer-by-heynnema-why-does-cgps-s-give-me-no-results – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 16:50

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To start/stop/restart gpsd:

sudo systemctl start gpsd
sudo systemctl stop gpsd
sudo systemctl restart gpsd

To manage the gpsd.service alone:

sudo service gpsd start
sudo service gpsd stop
sudo service gpsd restart
sudo service gpsd status
heynnema
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  • The commands you gave me are my expectations. Thank you. – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 16:55
  • since I "stop" it, it seems work since I run this command "gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyACM0" follow the instruction from this link http://www.catb.org/gpsd/installation.html – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 17:09
  • You're forgetting that you have the gpsd.service running while you manually issue a "gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyACM0" command. That command runs gpsd in the foreground. If gpsd.service is running already, then you're trying to run it twice, once in the background, and once in the foreground... that's why the stop command allows it to work. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 17:14
  • can I ask you one more question? why in the NMEA message sometime have this message? gpsmon:ERROR: KPPS:/dev/ttyACM0 kernel PPS failed Connection timed out beside the good NMEA messages( RMC, GGA, ....) – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 19:41
  • Are you plugged into a USB3 port? – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 19:59
  • yes, I am. USB3 port is using most of the time for my situation. – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 20:36
  • Try using a USB2 port and see if the error message goes away. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 20:56
  • still have same problem. – Nate Duong Mar 20 '17 at 21:03
  • I don't know then. – heynnema Mar 20 '17 at 21:07