On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:25:55AM -0500, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
> > Also the "http://www.pilot-link.org/README.usb" seems to be a bit
> > dated with the latest systems and "udev"
>
> Dated how? If something needs to be added/removed/changed,
> please let me know so I can update the master copies. Quite a lot has
> been added to the HOWTO in the last couple of releases:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y4d7gf
The libusb section is pretty dated; it still says that you must be root.
It should probably just direct the reader to README.libusb.
> With all of the recent messages and people trying hack-n-slash
> techniques at the wrong symptoms, I think its time for a very, VERY
> detailed walkthrough for everyone to follow. This is all VERY simple
> to get working, unless you have a.) broken/damaged hardware, or b.) a
> misconfiguration [which can be fixed].
I agree that there needs to be an extremely detailed walkthrough, but I
don't think it's simple, let alone VERY simple. With all the recent
changes to udev, the kernel, pilot-link, and distributions, not to
mention certain distributions' use of not-yet-ready-for-release software
(*cough* Fedora), it's easy for a user, particulaurly a user new to
Linux, to become confused.
By the way, was that a proclamation of your intent to write such
detailed walkthrough, or a solicitation for input? ;-)
Jason
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