Re: [gpsd-users] gpsd always starting in foregound (a systemd solution)

[Eric S. Raymond]

Moe <address@hidden>:
> As others have noted the -N flag accompanied all gpsd starts regardless of 
> the contents of /etc/default/gpsd file.  This was tracked down to:
> 
> # cat /lib/systemd/system/gpsd.service
>  
> [Unit]
> Description=GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon
> Requires=gpsd.socket
> # Needed with chrony SOCK refclock
> After=chronyd.service
> 
> [Service]
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/gpsd
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpsd -N $GPSD_OPTIONS $DEVICES   <-----right in there
> 
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> Also=gpsd.socket
> 
> If the flag is removed, and I reloaded the things that make systemd work, I 
> could turn off the gpsd as before, but not restart it...if I rebooted, I get 
> nothing.  Sure it said all was honky dory, or spit back a cryptic confession 
> something of which I had no clue.
> 
> The 'net was of little help.  The spotty trail of tears runs a few years 
> back, but with brief exchanges of bad advice and dead ends.
> 
> So this is my brief exchange of bad advice.
> 
> Add two lines
> 
> Type=forking
> PIDfile=/var/run/gpsd.pid
> 
> so the file now looks like: 
>  
> [Unit]
> Description=GPS (Global Positioning System) Daemon
> Requires=gpsd.socket
> # Needed with chrony SOCK refclock
> After=chronyd.service
> 
> [Service]
> Type=forking                             
> PIDfile=/var/run/gpsd.pid
> EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/gpsd
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/gpsd $GPSD_OPTIONS $DEVICES
> 
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> Also=gpsd.socket
> 
> ##
> gpsd now is controlable via 
> 
> service gpsd stop 
> service gpsd start
> service gpsd restart
> 
> There are the irritating pop up authentications, but it works for me, and the 
> contents of /etc/default/gpsd are no longer glossed over.

These changes look good (I'm just learning systemd now). Who is generating the
popups, when and why?
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>