on Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 08:16:01AM +0000, Alan Chandler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tuesday 30 December 2003 23:10, Alan Chandler wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 December 2003 22:35, Hubert Chan wrote: > > > >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Alan> I have a palm pilot m505 with usb cradle. All the intructions I > > > Alan> have read assume that (assuming devfs is being used) that > > > Alan> /dev/usb/tts/* exists. > > > > > > Alan> The directory certainly does, but it is empty. > > > > > > I'm not sure about the m505, but with my Visor, /dev/usb/tts/ only gets > > > populated when I hit the hotsync button (and becomes empty shortly after > > > the hotsync is complete). > > > > Bingo, that seems to be it - I get two devices, a 0 and 1 created when I > > hit the hotsync button. Which one needs to be symlinked to /dev/pilot ? -- > > OK - I added commands in /etc/devfsd/conf.d to symlink /dev/pilot (and > /dev/ palm) to /dev/tts/1 when the hotsync button is pressed. > > However gnome-pilot still just hangs when trying to sync for the first > time. Any idea what I should do next?
Hit the 'sync' button on the Palm cradle *first*. The USB device isn't activated until it gets the external request. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Verio webhosting? Guaranteed downtime: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57011,00.html http://www.dowethics.com/r/environment/freedom.html
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