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Hello,

I have done some googleing around but havent had much luck so i thought I would ask the experts.

I am running Ubuntu 9 + kismet latest build.

I just purchased a Delorme Earthmate LT-40 usb gps.

I plugged it in to my computer and installed gpsd and gpsd-client.

I enabled GPS in the kismet conf file.

I tried the following commands before starting kismet but none have worked so far.
gpsd -n -D2 emate
gpsd Eart Mate


I am familiar with linux but not with using a gps. Can anyone lend some advice to make this gps work with kismet. Thanks for your help.

Step one would be to make sure the GPS is actually registering in /dev/. I've always been successful plugging in my gps and running dmesg or lshw to see the particular device that's initialized by the new hardware. From there try to cat the device. The GPS should be sending a constant stream of data to your serial port or usb port. Once you're positive you have the right GPS make sure to pass that device to GPSd otherwise it won't have a clue where to look.

man gpsd

I haven't tried Ubuntu specifically, but I use Sidux, a Debian variant. I use a USB GPS, and usually have to run something like