Re: socket activation and -n?

[Alexander Carver]

You removed both the "Requires=gpsd.socket" line in the Unit section and
the "Also=gpsd.socket" in the Install section?  And you also performed a
systemctl stop gpsd.socket correct?

There's also this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42240757/access-gpsd-port-2947-over-network

On 2020-02-13 08:14, Russell Nelson wrote:
> I believed that too, but it seems not to have worked. :(
> 
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 8:58 PM Alexander Carver <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
>> I believe if you stop the socket service, remove the .socket file, and
>> remove the requirement in the .service file then socket activation will
>> not be used and gpsd will start immediately.
>>
>> On 2020-02-12 13:19, Dominic Amann wrote:
>>> Ah - so like the old inetd (that was a good system). Your work-around
>>> sounds OK - any downside?
>>>
>>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 16:09, Russell Nelson <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That doesn't help because of "socket activation." I've resorted to using
>>>> the hack of `sh.nc(0, 2947, _in="/dev/null", _out="/dev/null")` . Maybe
>>>> some systemd expert will tell me how to avoid using socket activation at
>>>> all?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 3:11 PM Dominic Amann <address@hidden>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am certainly no systemd expert - its just installed on our base
>> system
>>>>> and I end up having to deal with it. That's why I run devuan at home.
>>>>>
>>>>> It sounds like the client connection unit needs to have a "Before"
>>>>> dependency on gpsd (and so gpsd would need to be started by systemd for
>>>>> systemd to be aware of it).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 14:37, Gary E. Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yo Dominic!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:18:24 -0500
>>>>>> Dominic Amann <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not a systemd user by choice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some may be stuck wuth systemd, but they are never stuck running gpsd
>>>>>> under systemd.  The later is a choice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you run sytemctl daemon-reload after changing anything (removing
>>>>>>> script etc)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is that systemd does not start gpssd before a client
>>>>>> connects,
>>>>>> so the "-n" has no practical effect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RGDS
>>>>>> GARY
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dominic Amann
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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