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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