On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 00:00 -0500, Lorn Miller wrote: > On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 10:21 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for the help, it works now with KPilot, but intermittantly. > > > Sometimes it connects, other times it doesn't. While I could live with > > > this, I would rather not. It still beats using windows though... > > > > > ---- > > ok - assuming that you have no other USB devices connected... > > > > when at rest (not syncing) > > > > ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* /dev/pilot > > > > should return nothing - they don't exist > returns nothing > > > > when you press the sync button > > > > ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* /dev/pilot > > > returns /dev/pilot. I didn't symlink ttyUSBx > > It seems that I have to reset in Kpilot to get it to work, almost like > it hasn't checked to see if /dev/pilot exists. Does Kpilot have to > check to see if /dev/pilot exists or does the O.S. tell Kpilot > when /dev/pilot exists? ---- I don't use KPilot - I use Gnome and Evolution I would presume that KPilot has a loop that looks periodically for presence of /dev/pilot and upon finding it, then begins communication. I honestly don't know what you mean by having to 'reset' Kpilot to get it to work. Perhaps there is a bugzilla entry about Kpilot not working as expected. Craig
