Well, I don't have a usb Visor so I didn't try that. What I did do was delete my /dev/palm file and start over. I logged in as root and typed into terminal: "ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/pilot" (without quotations).
On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:40:36 -0600 msjones773 <msjones773@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was able to get my Handera palm to sync with gnome pilot through my serial port as root. When I log in as user gnome pilot does not
reconise my palm. I chmod dev/pilot 666 but no luck. When I go to the
file /dev/pilot it says link broken. Not sure what that means. What
should I try in order to get my palm to sync as user?
You need the usb-serial and visor modules loaded to use the pilot. Have you checked to see that they are available when you try to sync?
-- -John (JohnThompson@xxxxxxxxxx) --__--__--
Then: chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0
When I opened gnome pilot it instantly recognized my palm and synced to it. Then I logged out as root and logged in as user and tried. Gnome pilot recognized my palm and synced! I think my problem stemmed from the fact that the first time I tried to set it up I was logged in as user and opened a terminal and su to root. The second time I actually logged in as root. I guess that made the difference. Many things to learn as a newbie! Thanks for your help.
Mark
When I first set up syncing with my Palm, I had some odd problems that eventually seemed to go away. In other words, I got it working, but I'm not sure what I did.
In the process, I discovered a command-line program that gave me more information about what was happening: jpilot-sync. I found that useful for resolving hot-syncing issues.
Andrew Robinson
