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Successfully installed Carman on my N900 (10.2010.19-1),
but when Carman starts up, it gives an error message about "No plugins found", and then goes in a mode where the only choice that works is exit. It doesn't allow me to configure my OBDII device or anything...

Any ideas/suggestions?

Look back in this thread, as there is a fix, I rebooted before I saw the fix and that worked for me.

You will also need to edit /home/user/.carman/carmand.conf and change the line gps=none to gps=internal before you reboot.

I installed Carman this morning (then rebooted!) at breakfast over tea and toast, and paired it with my odb bluetooth dongle, and it ran perfectly for the hour long commute to work.

Only issue is the onscreen overlayed switcher icon/button thingy does not work, so I need to determine what the keboard shortcut is to bring up the taskswitcher/dashboard.

Be nice if this could be looked at as an issue. Not sure where to post (if anywhere) as a bug though.

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Many thanks, that did it for me - I had scanned this thread, but somehow missed the solution.

For the GPS problem, that it stays on after you close Carman, I found that if you go back to Carman and disconnect from the GPS it will actually stop the GPS so no restart is required.

how and where do i go to edit this?

hey guys, could somebody explain to me how i get gps to work? not quite sure whst im supposed to be doing, thanks.

anybody?

would love to get this working, imm just not sure how to edit the .conf

i used the vi text editor in xterm to edit ths file, but that's probably a bit too linux hardcore. if you fancy a go though....

open xterm and enter the following commands
vi /home/user/.carman/carman.conf

use the arrow keys to navigatge to the start of the text you want to edit.

press the x key to delete each character one at a time

press I (has to be upper-case) to change vi into insert mode. the cursor will go to the start of the line.

use the arrow keys to navigate to the position

enter the new text, then press esc on the toolbar to exit insert mode

enter the following characters :wq (colon, then w for write/save and q for quit)

vi is daunting at first but is ok once you know what is going on, and is on just about every unix system there is so kis a very useful skill to have.

Thanks for the reply gaz, i tried this before i read your post, but didnt save it, and now carman wont open at all on my phone? should i uninstall it then follow these steps or just go ahead and give this a shot?

Edit: i tried,

Sudo gainroot
ls -a
cd .carman
vi carmand.conf

edited the text and then, saved following your instructions.

tho i still cant access carman anymore, it tried to load then dispears.

Any ideas?

Thanks

sounds initally like a typo in the file somewhere. recheck it carefully, and if you don't see anything, copy and paste the file contents.

also try stafrting carfman from the command line inxterm, by typing carman, and copy and post the results.