From d02600e885c0a936bcd85690c0ceaabb18d3cc7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaston Gonzalez <gaston.gonzalez@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 19:04:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] GPS - Trying an experimental fix to resolve the GPS fix issue

---
 overlay/etc/default/gpsd | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/overlay/etc/default/gpsd b/overlay/etc/default/gpsd
index 4c0d930..bec6ea7 100644
--- a/overlay/etc/default/gpsd
+++ b/overlay/etc/default/gpsd
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Author  : Gaston Gonzalez
 # Date    : 4 October
+# Updated : 6 October
 # Purpose : GPS configuration for EmComm Tools
+#
+# Note: The 3.22 version of gpsd shipped with Ubuntu 22.04 has an issue
+# obtaining subsequent positions after the initial fix. 
+# 
+# See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gpsd/+bug/2011721 
+#
+# Workaround: Use -b option or upgrade to gpsd 3.25
 
 # Prevent starting automatically by systemd 
 START_DAEMON="false"
@@ -13,4 +21,5 @@ USBAUTO="false"
 DEVICES="/dev/et-gps"
 
 # -n should be used when using GPS as a reference clock
-GPSD_OPTIONS="-n"
+# -b user read-only mode to prevent u-blox protocol from being used
+GPSD_OPTIONS="-n -b"