Re: [gpsd-users] Debian Jessie and configuring gpsd

[Darac Marjal]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 08:58:32AM -0600, Gary Hodges - NOAA Affiliate wrote:
> Hi.  For the past couple of years I've used gpsd successfully on various
> (K)Ubuntu and Debian Squeeze systems.  Up to now all I've had to do was run
> "sudo dpkg-reconfigure gpsd", answer a few questions and it was off the
> races.
> 
> With Debian Jessie I get the following when trying to do the same:
> 
> address@hidden:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure gpsd
> Warning: Stopping gpsd.service, but it can still be activated by:
>   gpsd.socket
> Creating/updating gpsd user account...
> address@hidden:~$
> 
> Is there a new/different way to bring up the configuration dialog?

From the debian changelog (installed at /usr/share/doc/gpsd/changelog.gz
on your system):

gpsd (3.10-1) experimental; urgency=low

  ...
  * [d26d1c6f] Get rid of debconf questions.
    Also provide a sane /etc/default/gpsd and move
    from using /var/run to /run.
  ...

 -- Bernd Zeimetz <address@hidden>  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:33:46 +0100

So, it would appear that, from version 3.10-1 onwards, the preferred way
to reconfigure gpsd is to edit /etc/default/gpsd, and restart the
daemon.

> 
> Gary
> 

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