[maemo-users] what exactly is the GPS management framework for N810?

Wed Dec 12 09:21:38 EET 2007

On Dec 12, 2007 12:20 AM, Joshua Layne <joshua at willowisp.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original message -----
> > How can I trace what is going when the gps subsystem fails? Do I actually
> > have a bad unit? I'm past the return from where I bought it so this would
> > be a warranty issue, but I really think it is a bug somewhere in the
> > software stack, not a problem in the hardware.

There are bug fixes to GPS subsystem in OS2008 final release that is
coming soon, probably the bugs you are seeing are already fixed there.

> I spoke prematurely here.  I apologize.  I just found today the information here:
> http://maemo.org/development/documentation/apis/4-x/
>
> and specifically, this:
> http://maemo.org/api_refs/4.0/gpsmgr/index.html
>
> which is exactly what I was looking for.

You might also want to look http://gps-saver.garage.maemo.org/
sources, it shows how to use the gpsbt and gpsmgr APIs.

Jukka