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I am facing a gpsd issues on petalinux. I have installed the gpsd on petalinux but the gpsd-client was not being installed, thats why gpsd.socket and the gpsd.service files are missing. Can someone tell me if i add these files manually, where i place these files so that gpsd works properly.

asher sajid
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gpsd-client is a separate recipe. It's not installed automatically when you install gpsd. You'll need to explicitly call it out in your PetaLinux build. That being said, gpsd is not dependent on gpsd-client so it should work whether gpsd-client is installed or not.

To install gpsd-client:
Open project-spec/meta-user/recipes-core/images/petalinux-image.bbappend
(filename may vary based on version of Petalinux you are using)

add these lines:
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " gpsd"
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " gpsd-client"

petalinux-config -c rootfs
user packages --> [x] gpsd
user packages --> [x] gpsd-client

petalinux-build

If gpsd-client fails to build correctly, you may need to add the appropriate layer to the build process. The gpsd-client recipe info can be found in the OpenEmbedded Layer Index.

thelummox
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  • Thank you for your feedback. – asher sajid Jun 03 '21 at 06:16
  • I have installed the gpsd on zynq zc7010 but when i run the gpsd or /etc/init.d/gpsd start command, then gpsd:ERROR: can't run with neither control socket nor devices occur. I don't know how can i rectify this error. Can you guide me a bit more – asher sajid Jun 03 '21 at 06:59
  • You need to tell it what device to use as an argument (e.g. gpsd -D 5 -N -n /dev/ttyUSB0) Have you tried the steps here?: https://gpsd.gitlab.io/gpsd/installation.html – thelummox Jun 03 '21 at 13:57
  • yes I tried every possible steps but the problem is still same. – asher sajid Jun 04 '21 at 04:37
  • Are you running as root? Have you tried communicating directly with the GPS device to confirm it is working? – thelummox Jun 08 '21 at 15:16