Package: gpsd Version: 2.37-6 Severity: normal
Please forgive me if I have misunderstood how this is supposed to work. I want gpsd to start when I plug in the USB device. debconf asks me this question: Start gpsd automatically on boot? This isn't what I want so I say no. It asks no other questions and saves this in /etc/default/gpsd: START_DAEMON="false" USBAUTO="false" As expected, /etc/init.d/gpsd looks at this and doesn't start gpsd at boot. When I hotplug the device, /lib/udev/gpsd.hotplug.wrapper is called and does this: [ "$START_DAEMON" = "true" ] || exit 0 Since START_DAEMON is false, it exits. So I think there are two problems here. Firstly, if I say "no" to starting on boot, debconf should ask me about hotplugging and set USBAUTO based on my answer. Secondly, /lib/udev/gpsd.hotplug.wrapper should not exit immediately when START_DAEMON is false (I'm unsure whether the rest of the hotplug script should or shouldn't run in the case when the daemon was started at boot). I have tested this on my system by (a) editting /etc/default/gpsd to set START_DAEMON=false and USBAUTO=true and (b) reversing the sense of the test in /lib/udev/gpsd.hotplug.wrapper, and it now seems to do what I wanted. Regards, Phil. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
