Ubuntu
gpsd package

gpsd unusable configuration

Bug #444027 reported by Kevron Rees on 2009-10-05

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #423629: update-manager unable to configure gpsd. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gpsd (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gpsd

apt-get install gpsd pops up a dialog error:

Unusable gpsd configuration
The configuration must at least specify either a device that gpsd should connect to, or a control socket (using the -F option). USB autodetection requires /var/run/gpsd.sock as control socket.

And:

dpkg: error processing gpsd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

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Dominic Hargreaves (dom) wrote on 2009-10-25:

This issue caused rather a lot of grief during the upgrade to karmic I performed today. I'm not sure whether those problems were entirely within the realm of gpsd or whether the update-manager/debconf bits were handling errors badly. When the debconf message popped up, clicking on 'Forward' (in the gui interface) did nothing, and clicking 'back' propogated an error back to dpkg. After clicking 'back' several times on this error message, the upgrade eventually completed.