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Re: GPS and Build-a-Pi V3


AndyH
 

TL;DR - no grid in Conky

- gpsd isn't auto-starting even though it's supposed to according to /etc/default/gpsd
- RTC isn't auto-starting (and install menu can't see that it's installed)
? -- I2C is activated and RTC's been installed from the initial menu and 3x from the BAP update menu
- JS8Call Utilities won't save GPS information - it has to be re-connected each time it's started
? -- JS8Call Utilities does get grid from GPS
- PAT shows as active/on in Conky on boot - have to killall to shut it down

Not sure what to do next.? Looks I'll reflash the SD card with a fresh install of Buster, put the Pi on the shelf with the Pi1s and Pi2s, and keep using the Win10 laptop for radio stuff.

Good luck to all.
73, Andy



On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 11:37 PM, AndyH wrote:
Ok...pulled the two zips of source from github.? Unzipped in Download.? Followed directions from here:
gem build GEMNAME.gemspec?
gem install gemname-version.gem

I could build as user pi, but had to sudo to install due to an ownership/write permission error in /var/lib/gems/2.5.0

Example output:
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pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads/maidenhead-master $ gem build maidenhead.gemspec
WARNING:? open-ended dependency on minitest (>= 0, development) is not recommended
? if minitest is semantically versioned, use:
? ? add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 0'
WARNING:? open-ended dependency on guard (>= 0, development) is not recommended
? if guard is semantically versioned, use:
? ? add_development_dependency 'guard', '~> 0'
WARNING:? open-ended dependency on guard-minitest (>= 0, development) is not recommended
? if guard-minitest is semantically versioned, use:
? ? add_development_dependency 'guard-minitest', '~> 0'
WARNING:? open-ended dependency on rubysl (>= 0, development) is not recommended
? if rubysl is semantically versioned, use:
? ? add_development_dependency 'rubysl', '~> 0'
WARNING:? See http://guides.rubygems.org/specification-reference/ for help
? Successfully built RubyGem
? Name: maidenhead
? Version: 1.0.1
? File: maidenhead-1.0.1.gem
pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads/maidenhead-master $ sudo gem install maidenhead-1.0.1.gem
Successfully installed maidenhead-1.0.1
Parsing documentation for maidenhead-1.0.1
Installing ri documentation for maidenhead-1.0.1
Done installing documentation for maidenhead after 0 seconds
WARNING:? Unable to pull data from 'https://api.rubygems.org/': IOError: HTTP session not yet started (https://api.rubygems.org/specs.4.8.gz)
1 gem installed
pi@raspberrypi:~/Downloads/maidenhead-master $?
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Time to reboot and see what I broke, I guess

73, Andy


On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 11:18 PM, AndyH wrote:
I rebooted again.? This time, on start-up:

$gpsmon
gpsmon:ERROR: TCP device open error can't connect to host/port pair.
$systemctl is-active gpsd
inactive
$sudo systemctl start gpsd
$systemctl is-active gpsd
active
$gpsmon
(gpsmon starts - tcp://localhost:2947)

Gonna try to get the two ruby gems manually.



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