Re: Help needed to configure and compile gpsd to run on a Raspberry Pi 4 and NOT use systemd

[Patrick Conroy]

systemd seems as controversial as whether beans belong in chili or not.

i too have just done simple things with it and been satisfied 

IMHO, the learning curve is shallow for simple things and then very steep for anything non-trivial

that said. I've used ChatGPT to write a few configs for me. 

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 1:28 PM Robert P Schaefer <rps@mit.edu> wrote:

hi, all in this thread,

  This is a general question on systemd.

 I’ve been using systemd for a while (I barely used what came before, before systemd replaced it)

  and find it generally workable.

  What are your (seemingly all of you in this thread) concerns about systemd?

bob s

> On Nov 27, 2024, at 11:38 AM, Michael Simpson <mikie.simpson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gary,
> sorry for the late response
>
>> On 21 Nov 2024, at 01:25, Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yo Michael!
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:27:18 +0000
>> Michael Simpson <mikie.simpson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> here is the relevant bits from my servers -probably mangled by email
>>>
>>> remote          refid      st t when > poll reach   delay   offset   jitter
>>> ============================================================================
>>> *SHM(1)          .PPS.      0 l    - > 16  377   0.0000   0.0120   0.0006
>>
>> Pretty good, the jitter could be a tad better.
>
> Yes, sometimes jitter is down at an indicated 0.0000, currently it's at 0.0001 because the temperature inside the cabinet has been more regular than when i got the figures above
>
>>
>>> unfortunately I am still using systemd leading to issues with gaps
>>> using sockets -systemd preemptively grabs hold of the socket and I
>>> haven’’t worked out the correct incantation to stop it.
>>
>> You could do what James suggests, or just remove the gpsd/systemd config
>> files.
>>
>
> I haven’t had the need to connect over tcp to gpsd yet but will carry on experimenting and will try James’s suggestion
>
> I find that systemd tries my patience
>
>>> BTW the ntpleapfetch from ntpsec needs altered post install as the
>>> leap-seconds.list is no longer valid
>>
>> What version of NTPSec?  I just looked at git head and it is fine there.
>
> It was from -head  and must have been more than 3 weeks ago when Hal changed the URL for LEAPSRC  to the current working one pointing to IANA
>
> KR
> Mike
>
>>
>> RGDS
>> GARY
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