Posted by: keil
RoadmapGpsApp - 15/11/2004 17:31
I've been way behind in adding apps to my empeg. Finally located a RS Digitraveller GPS and got it working with RoadmapGpsApp v0.3. Now I know what people meant last fall when this app was released. Nice...
However, I'm getting an error (serial shell) below and no roadmap overlay in map window.
** roadmap_file.c, line 70: cannot open file //.roadmap/trips/default
Roadmap initialized
GPS app started
Could not register large font (not sure if this is related)
maps are in /drive0/roadmap
roadmapgpsapp, preferences, scheme in /drive0/programs0
followed the readme and moved all files to /drive0/roadmap for testing, but no luck.
I must be missing something? Any ideas?
keil
Posted by: keil
Re: RoadmapGpsApp - 17/11/2004 18:03
Thanks for the reply. Yes, the symlink was added and is pointing /usr/share/roadmap to /drive0/roadmap. Not sure how to register the large font or even if it matters? Roadmapgpsapp is functioning, just no map overlap. Played with menu items, like Toggle Map and switched b/w Text/Map/Sats screens, but no roadmap. Also, increased reservecache from 32 to 64, didn't help. Re-downloaded all roadmapgpsapp files to empeg, no change. All roadmap data files expanded properly in /drive0/roadmap.
preferences:
General.Database: /drive0/roadmap,/usr/share/roadmap
Not sure where to look next?
Posted by: TedP
Re: RoadmapGpsApp - 16/05/2005 22:37
Hello, I was wondering if I can bump this thread? I just installed RoadMapGPSapp, and am not getting a map nor address info. I am in California.. the lat/long. display OK. This would be very cool if I can get it to work.
Thanks
-Ted
Posted by: tfabris
Re: RoadmapGpsApp - 17/05/2005 14:03
The setup of roadmapgpsapp is tricky, and if it's not done exactly right according to the readme, you will see no maps on the screen. Go through the readme again and make sure you've done all the steps.
Here's a couple of the steps that tend to get missed and that I've given a special note to myself about, perhaps these are what you need to do?
Quote:
Next you must upload the preferences and schema files I included into the directory
/usr/share/roadmap, you will need to make this directory. You can make the directory again using Hijack's FTP issuing the
FTP command 'cd /usr/share' and then saying 'mkdir roadmap'.
Now the important part- A symbolic link must be made between /usr/share/roadmap to /drive0/roadmap
To do this, while still at the command prompt type:
cd /usr/share
ln -s /drive0/roadmap roadmap
Posted by: TedP
Re: RoadmapGpsApp - 17/05/2005 15:17
Thanks for the reply Tony. I was very careful to follow the steps outlined. The only difference from the way you mentioned is that I used a shell prompt rather than the FTP interface to create the directories. Dang.. Feel like I'm so close on this
I will re-review the readme just to be safe though.
I should add that the GPSApp portion of the application seems to work OK: I am getting the sat. power levels along with latitude and logitude info.
Cheers,
-Ted
Posted by: tfabris
Re: RoadmapGpsApp - 17/05/2005 17:07
Just double-checked... the file you need to follow isn't actually called "readme", it's called "installing.empeg.txt".
I'm assuming we're talking about the same file already, I just wanted to make certain, just in case.
Posted by: TedP
Re: RoadmapGpsApp -- Solved - 19/05/2005 20:11
Well: After going through all RoadMapGPS related posts, I got the solution. Since I extracted the usdir.rdm file on my local PC, and then transfered it to the EMPEG, either the unzipper or the ftper must have corrected for CR/LFs, and inadvertently corrupted the file. Once I ftp'd the tar file over, and extracted on the EMPEG, all is working! -- WooHoo!
Posted by: tfabris
Re: RoadmapGpsApp -- Solved - 20/05/2005 01:07
If your unzipper was "Winzip", then that definitely corrupted the CR/LFs. It has a feature called "smart TAR CR/LF handling" (or something like that) which is on by default, but which should be disabled.
Glad you got it working.