[jp] ln -sf /dev/ttyUSB* /dev/pilot

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  • jack wallen jlwallen at monkeypantz.net
    Sun Dec 10 13:37:02 EST 2006

     

    On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 13:23 -0500, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
    > On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 09:40 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
    > > I am pretty goofy!
    > > In any case upon sync  jpilot responded with:
    > >      'no such file or directory'
    > > 
    > > So I created the directory and it currently responds:
    > >     pi_bind error:/dev/pilot 
    > 
    > Ok, wait... stop stop stop! 
    > 
    > What problem are we trying to solve here? You're winding down a very
    > ugly, difficult and incorrect path here. 
    > 
    > If you follow the README.usb that came with pilot-link 0.12.1, you
    > should be pretty well-prepared to get your Palm syncronizing with your
    > Linux machine, barring any Palm/hardware/misconfiguration issues that
    > might be specific to your particular setup. 
    > 
    > /dev/pilot is a symlink, created automatically by a udev rule
    > (documented in the README.usb HOWTO I've written). It will appear when
    > you hit HotSync, and (hopefully, if your kernel and udev rules are
    > correct and your Palm device is supported), link /dev/ttyUSB1
    > or /dev/ttyUSB0 to /dev/pilot.
    > 
    > From there, you can then point pilot-xfer, J-Pilot or whatever you want,
    > at /dev/pilot and sync. When your Palm stops communicating, that symlink
    > (and the referrant device nodes) will disappear. 
    > 
    > Try that, see how far you get.
    > 
    > 
    
    but if you're dealing with the same issue i'm dealing with (with Ubuntu
    Dapper), you find there's a kernel bug that won't allow communication to
    work with the device.
    
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