[jp] SuSE 10.1 USB and jpilot

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  • Peter N. Spotts pspotts at alum.mit.edu
    Sun Sep 24 12:19:18 EDT 2006

     

    > 
    > Hey Group;
    > 
    > Well suSE has been fiddling with thing again.  I have noted that 
    > security snd a effort to replace MS Windows has lead to nothing but 
    > headaches.  The latest is the effort to set all devices so that
    > programs can not use them.  I have been able to bet many of the
    > permanently mounted devices.  However, the USB jpilot device comes
    > and goes.  That is /dev/ttyUSB1 is set for "660".  Jpilot needs it as
    > "666" and is not always there.  It is removed as "666" and
    > reinstalled by the system as "660" every time it is called on.
    > 
    > Has anyone found a place to fix this - say like /etc something.
    
    Hi Donn,
    
    This is a bit scary... ;-). I had to do an emergency install of 10.1 on
    my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 1905-303S) the road (system was Ubuntu;
    SuSE 10.1 was the most familiar distro I could finde in Frye's!). I
    merely set Jpilot for /dev/pilot and make sure I press the hot-sync
    button on the cradle (Tungsten E2) and wait a couple of seconds before
    I click on the hot-sync icon on Jpilot (0.99.9). Works every
    time. /dev/ttyUSB0 and 1 don't appear in the /dev directory until I
    press the hot-sync putton on the cradle. 
    
    Try that approach, if you haven't already...
    
    With best regards,
    
    Pete
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