[Xastir] Xastir doesn't recognize the GPS serial port

[Jason KG4WSV]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net> wrote:
> LINUX serial ports
>
> 1. Unplug you device
> 2. ls -lrt /dev
> 3. Plug in your device
> 4. ls -lrt /dev
> 5. Spot the device for example /dev/ttyUSB0

technically correct, but if you plug in the device and do

dmesg | tail

it'll be easier to spot than seeing which of the ~200 entries in /dev/ is new.

> 6. sudo stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0

this only tells you what speed the linux side of the serial port is
currently set at - it tells you nothing about the device on the other
end.  You'll either have to RTFM for the GPS, or guess as Iain
suggests.

-Jason
kg4wsv