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

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  • Michael Havens bmike1 at gmail.com
    Sun Dec 10 16:51:36 EST 2006

     

    before I upgraded my kernel to the 2.6 version everything worked fine.
    In the 2.6 kernel /dev/ttyUSB* does not exhist but I did as you said
    with the following results:
    
    bmike1 at 2[rules.d]$ sudo ln /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot
    ln: accessing `/dev/ttyUSB1': No such file or directory
    bmike1 at 2[rules.d]$ sudo ln /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/pilot
    ln: accessing `/dev/ttyUSB0': No such file or directory
    bmike1 at 2[rules.d]$
    
    On 12/10/06, David A. Desrosiers <desrod at gnu-designs.com> 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.
    >
    >
    > --
    > David A. Desrosiers
    > desrod at gnu-designs.com
    > http://gnu-designs.com
    >
    > "The price of liberty is not free, nor is it comfortable. But it is
    > necessary"
    >
    >
    
    

     

     

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