I've been having trouble getting Eeebuntu to recognize and activate my new Pharos iGPS 500 USB GPS receiver. I followed the methods used by this fellow ( http://www.fsckin.com/2008/04/06/review ... -packages/) to no avail. I installed gpsd from the terminal, and ran it as he did, but I got a different result:

joseph@joseph-laptop:~$ gpsd -N -n -D 2 /dev/ttyUSB0
gpsd: launching (Version 2.38)
gpsd: listening on port gpsd
gpsd: Unable to start ntpshm. gpsd must run as root.
gpsd: successfully connected to the DBUS system bus
gpsd: running with effective group ID 1000
gpsd: running with effective user ID 1000
gpsd: opening GPS data source at '/dev/ttyUSB0'
gpsd: speed 9600, 8N1
gpsd: garmin_gps not active.
gpsd: gpsd_activate(1): opened GPS (5)
gpsd: speed 4800, 8N1
gpsd: ntpd_link_activate: 0
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 0
gpsd: GPGSV field 3 value of 10 != actual count 2
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 1
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 2
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 3
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 4
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 5
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 6
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 7
gpsd: => Probing device subtype 8
(Here it seems to hang for all eternity and I closed the terminal after waiting about ten minutes).

Any ideas as to what's going on? Do I need to install something else? This is supposed to be Linux compatible, but I'm not sure what that means: does it mean I will have to compile a driver for it? If so, where would I find the source code? Or is there some small step that I am overlooking? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I just went to the gpsd chatroom and was walked through to the solution: GO OUTSIDE! Everything is working fine now. Great program!

Yes, going outside is a good tip! I wish I had done that before. Luckily it eventually worked with me sitting next the window. My GPS dongle crashed when I used gpsd and I needed to reset it with SiRFDemo. I explain more here: http://theadventuresofsuperdoc.blogspot ... buntu.html