Cheers. starenka

Once this is said I gpsd should be running in the background while TangoGPS is started. TangoGPS will then try to connect to the gpsd daemon and get the data from the daemon. I can’t see any attached photo but if you have the gpsd daemon running in a shell and it outputs data looking like coordinates then starting tangogps with gpsd running should work. As you can see in my control script I first start gpsd and then wait 15 seconds before starting xgps and tangogps.

starenka: Hmm It seems that gps starts to do something but when it answers “OK”, but I don’t why it reports errors later. I must admit that I haven’t played around with this for a year or so, so I can’t remember any debugging to this.

root@kosmik1:/home/starenka# wvdial on
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: AT+CFUN=1
AT+CFUN=1
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Configuration does not specify a valid phone number.
--> Configuration does not specify a valid login name.
--> Configuration does not specify a valid password.
root@kosmik1:/home/starenka# wvdial gps
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: AT*E2GPSCTL=1,5,1
AT*E2GPSCTL=1,5,1
ERROR
--> Bad init string.
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: AT*E2GPSCTL=1,5,1
AT*E2GPSCTL=1,5,1
ERROR
--> Bad init string.
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: AT*E2GPSCTL=1,5,1
AT*E2GPSCTL=1,5,1
ERROR
--> Bad init string.

As you can see from the attached picture, the gps is working in the terminal, but I feel I need to edit the gpsd host info, no?

Please help

BTW, in Ubuntu 10.4, TangoGPS is available already through Synaptic package manager.

regarding the question on sim card slot – most of X200 came WWAN upgradeble, so all the wiring and antennas (including the slot) does exist, but the card (GPS+WWAN) is a paid for option.

It’s been a while since I played around with it but I remember that if I used a the server kernel of Ubuntu, which was PAE enabled, I noticed that devices didn’t have the same names. Try to look in /var/log/messages or using “dmesg” to see what the new device name is. I think it should work if you have the SIM card slot.

I also have a X200 and it also have a SIM card slit like shown on your photo. However there is no device like ttyACMx. Is it possible that there is only the SIM card holder actually without a modem? How can I find out about that, or the device adress? I hope you can help.
cheers,
Lorenz

Interestng about your test with GPS under Linux on the Thinkpad X200. The problem especially in China is that there is hardly any support for Linux. I did have a quick look at the X200 today and then checked on the internet for Linux on the X200 and as usual I find even that companies like emperorlinux note that the fingerprint lock don’t work with Linux on the X200 everything else seem to work however. It is strange that Lenovo can not come up with a fully Linux compatible X200. As for 3G USB sticks they usually don’t work with Linux in China. Well, I am currently using two X31 Thinkpads but one just broke down. The X200 seem interesting but unless I can get guarantee from Lenovo it is fully Linux compatible I will hold off buying any new Laptop. I am considering Fujuitsu as well. GPS with Linux is of interest to me and so are maps and GPRS and 3G. By the way, I am from Sweden but live in China.

Best regards,

Peter