CR48-GPS - Revision history

Peter Huewe: Added to category CR48

2011-04-12T21:29:55Z

Added to category CR48

Reddog176: /* GPS Support for the Cr-48 */

2011-02-02T03:48:51Z

‎GPS Support for the Cr-48

Reddog176 at 16:17, 20 January 2011

2011-01-20T16:17:54Z

Reddog176: Created page with "=GPS Support for the Cr-48= Not only does Google's new wonder known as the Cr-48 have Bluetooth, it has GPS also. The GPS hardware comes courtesy of the Gobi 2000 3G Modem. Like..."

2011-01-20T15:39:37Z

Created page with "=GPS Support for the Cr-48= Not only does Google's new wonder known as the Cr-48 have Bluetooth, it has GPS also. The GPS hardware comes courtesy of the Gobi 2000 3G Modem. Like..."

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=GPS Support for the Cr-48=

Not only does Google's new wonder known as the Cr-48 have Bluetooth, it has GPS also. The GPS hardware comes courtesy of the Gobi 2000 3G Modem. Like Bluetooth, Google just hasn't built the interface into Chrome OS for making use of the GPS just yet. With the emphasis that Google places on location these days though, I fully expect that one of those silent updates the Cr-48 receives every few weeks (days?) will bring the GPS to life. Unfortunately, at this point, it doesn't look like the low level GPS interfaces are finished in Chrome OS just yet. <br>
If we get to our root shell there's just a few things we can find out:

* A gpsd command exists, but it seems to just be a wrapper script for the real GPS daemon which isn't yet included in Chrome OS builds
* Running "dmesg | grep -i "gobi\|novatel\|qualcomm" will search through the kernel messages and display those that reference the Gobi/Qualcomm/Novatel device (no idea why there's 3 companies involved in 1 3G modem). Unfortunately, it looks like Google has yet to include the kernel patch that enables the Gobi 2000's GPS device.
* Looks like we'll just have to keep an eye on those Chrome OS updates as they roll out.

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	Once it's up and running, find yourself an open area and wait for a lock. You'll soon see the information start to show up in the GPS display!		Once it's up and running, find yourself an open area and wait for a lock. You'll soon see the information start to show up in the GPS display!
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 If we get to our root shell there's just a few things we can find out:
-* A gpsd command exists, but it seems to just be a wrapper script for the real GPS daemon which isn't yet included in Chrome OS builds
+* A gpsd command exists, <s>but it seems to just be a wrapper script for the real GPS daemon which isn't yet included in Chrome OS builds</s>
-* Running "dmesg | grep -i "gobi\|novatel\|qualcomm" will search through the kernel messages and display those that reference the Gobi/Qualcomm/Novatel device (no idea why there's 3 companies involved in 1 3G modem). Unfortunately, it looks like Google has yet to include the kernel patch that enables the Gobi 2000's GPS device.
+* Running "dmesg | grep -i "gobi\|novatel\|qualcomm" will search through the kernel messages and display those that reference the Gobi/Qualcomm/Novatel device (no idea why there's 3 companies involved in 1 3G modem). <s>Unfortunately, it looks like Google has yet to include the kernel patch that enables the Gobi 2000's GPS device.</s>
-* Looks like we'll just have to keep an eye on those Chrome OS updates as they roll out.
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	* Running "dmesg \| grep -i "gobi\\|novatel\\|qualcomm" will search through the kernel messages and display those that reference the Gobi/Qualcomm/Novatel device (no idea why there's 3 companies involved in 1 3G modem). Unfortunately, it looks like Google has yet to include the kernel patch that enables the Gobi 2000's GPS device.		* Running "dmesg \| grep -i "gobi\\|novatel\\|qualcomm" will search through the kernel messages and display those that reference the Gobi/Qualcomm/Novatel device (no idea why there's 3 companies involved in 1 3G modem). Unfortunately, it looks like Google has yet to include the kernel patch that enables the Gobi 2000's GPS device.
	* Looks like we'll just have to keep an eye on those Chrome OS updates as they roll out.		* Looks like we'll just have to keep an eye on those Chrome OS updates as they roll out.
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