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  • Donn Washburn n5xwb at hal-pc.org
    Sun Dec 10 20:26:06 EST 2006

     

    One problem I see is that you are trying to make a hard link.
    
    Try a symbolic link "ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/jpilot"
    
    Of course try "ls -l /dev/ttyUSB*" if it is there then do the above.
    
    Michael Havens wrote:
    > 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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