Re: Pilot sync/usb question

From: Aaron O'Hara (ajeo_at_hungryforlife.org)
Date: 05/26/05

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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 20:33:13 -0700

    I named a grey hair after my Clie with Linux. I had similar
    symptoms, /var/log/messages showed the device connecting, but jpilot,
    gnomepilot, and kpilot all couldn't see the device.

    The issue I had was related to the fact that the dynamically created dev
    files (ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1) didn't have sufficient permissions. When I
    had my pilot program open, I pressed HotSync, followed by a chmod 777 of
    ttyUSB* and voila, it was working. Of course, this is a hack. A long
    term, proper, solution could be found in these URLs (provided by Craig
    White on this list):

    http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimerMisc.html

    Not necessary for this but if you want a lot more info on usb/udev
    etc...
    http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php

    Hope this helps,

    -- Aaron

    On Thu, 2005-26-05 at 03:05 +0000, William W. Austin wrote:
    > I *know* I had this working earlier but after a disastrous series of
    > updates with a corrupted filesystem and a complete reformat/reinstall
    > (someone decided to upgrade *everthing* for me when I wasn't around and
    > so I got to clean up the machine), I can no longer get a palm pilot to
    > hot sync. (luckily apcupsd finds the ups ok, so I know the usb
    > subsystem is working properly.
    >
    > Usbview shows the device is there and that palm is connected, and the
    > modules are loaded properly, but neither kpilot nor jpilot can find the
    > dev. The main problem is that I can't figure out (or find) the correct
    > device any more. I have tried RTFM'ing, but haven't found it so far.
    >
    > Any pointers, how-to's etc., would be greatly appreciated.
    >
    > --
    > William W. Austin waustin@speakeasy.net
    > "Life is just a phase I'm going through. this time, anyway ..."
    >
    > 

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