On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:05:32AM -0300, Ben Steeves wrote: > That's not quite correct -- the Palm will always use the same USB > channel, but which channel you need to point to (ttyUSB0 or ttyUSB1) > depends on the OS of the device you're using. For example, on my m505, > it was ttyUSB1, but on my T|T and T|T3, it's ttyUSB0. > > The easiest way to see if everything is working is to kill gnome-pilot > (do a "ps auwx | grep gpil" and kill whatever tasks return, then do the > following: > > 1. type "pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -l" into a shell, but *don't* press > return > 2. hit the HotSync button on your handheld > 3. press return > > If the contents of your handheld are listed, you've made a good > connection. > > One thing to watch out for is that you've done a "chmod 0666 /dev/ttyUSB > [01]"... otherwise the permissions won't let you sync as a regular user. I prefer to add my username to the uucp group. That allows me to use all the /dev/tty* devices without having to change any permissions. That is why, in fact, the tty devices have a group ownership of uucp. As root: # usermod -G uucp <username> In general, I don't recommend that people change the permisisons of files and devices on their system unless they really need to. In most cases, a cleaner solution exists. -- Anand Buddhdev Celtel International
