Hi I posted a new howto on my blog. Bluetooth GPS Fedora howto: http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/bluetooth-gps-fedora-howto/ I will copy/paste it here but please go to my blog for an always up to date version. Bluetooth GPS Fedora howto If you have bluetooth GPS dongle that you have laying around, or can borrow one from somebody, and like driving a bike or a car around then this is the guide for you. You need to have bluetooth wireless chip already installed on your laptop. If you have a laptop or a desktop without bluetooth you can buy and use USB bluetooth dongle. You can check if you have a bluetooth and that it is working correctly using this command: hcitool dev Then let's make sure you have bluetooth service running: service bluetooth status if it is not running just start it with: service bluetooth start Turn on your bluetooth GPS dongle and find its bluetooth mac address with this command: hcitool scan Scanning … 00:1E:EE:00:11:22 LG KU990 00:02:78:99:FF:00 SJ GPS 00:12:EE:55:00:FF Device01 If you find more than one bluetooth device you should know the name of your GPS dongle. My GPS dongle has a "GPS" in its name so it is easy to catch its mac address: 00:02:78:99:FF:00 (SJ GPS) You need to install gpsd and setup bluetooth config files, so let's first install gpsd: yum install gpsd -y Then you need to edit bluetooth config file so that gpsd connects automatically to GPS bluetooth dongle. su - gedit -etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf and add these lines: rfcomm0 { # Automatically bind the device at startup bind yes; # Bluetooth address of the device device 00:12:EE:55:00:FF; # RFCOMM channel for the connection channel 1; # Description of the connection comment "GPS Bluetooth dongle"; } After reboot check if you have /dev/rfcomm0 device with: ls -al /dev/rfcomm0 If after reboot (or you don't wan't to reboot) you still don't have /dev/rfcomm0 then just issue this command: rfcomm bind rfcomm0 Now start gpsd daemon: gpsd /dev/rfcomm0 Now you can start having fun! :) Install gps applications like tangogps, gpsdrive and gpsbabel. su - yum install tangogps gpsdrive gpsbabel Now just start tangogps and gpsdrive and enjoy… -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
