+1... Is there a work around?

The GPS chip/system itself is very conservative on power.

It is all the computation and graphics to display the maps. I've noticed the mapping program I wrote for the Zaurus doesn't kill the battery as much as the built-in mapping program. But I wrote it to be extremely efficient - less CPU time, less power used.

I guess not.

ag2:

Can you tell me how to decode the GPS time value returned from the 'Python-GPSbt' routines i.e. gpsdevice.fix.time? This is described here:

http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/docu...les/index.html

For me, the value returned looks like:

1206643018.0

I guess this is some sort of encoded GPS date/time value?

Thanks

EDIT: I think I found the answer -- in this case, the code is returning the UNIX internal time i.e. the number of seconds elapsed since 1970/010/01. Just to make matters even more confusing, sometimes 'GPS time' is the number of seconds elapsed from 1980/01/06.

+2 I can't get it to work either. I really would like to have it working. What is the deal with incompatible package error?
Isaac.S

It's because in the package control file 'Section' is set to 'utils', which won't work with the application manager. It only accepts Sections in 'user'.[*] There are three ways to fix it:

1) - The author modifies the control file and makes a new package
2) - or you install the existing one by downloading, sudo gainroot, dpkg -i gps_clockd_1.0-3_armel.deb
3) - or you try the modified package that I attach here (untested), which is the original but with a very small change: Section is now 'user/utils' instead of 'utils'.

EDIT: Footnote added:
[*] This need for the debian package section to be 'user' or 'user/*' is a specific OS200x/Application Manager issue, and not used by other Linux/Debian platforms. Presumably it's done this way as a method to "filter" packages that are allowed to be installed by the user vs. packages that can only be installed as superuser (root).

Thanks for the clarification on that. I have done some linux things but not familiar with all the ways to get around some of the messages on the tablet. I ended up getting it to install by going into red pill mode but it is nice to know how to do it without having to change to red pill.
Isaac.S

I be synchronized!

TA-t3's package worked as advertised on my N800. Thanks

gps-clockd and other apps on nitapps.com should now work with the application manager (I put everything in user/tools). Enjoy.