Craig, I wrote my later email before I read yours. It sounds like udev is where I need to go next to dynamically set the permissions on my ttyUSB* devices. Thanks for your help! -- Aaron On Mon, 2005-21-02 at 01:09 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 23:47 -0800, Aaron O'Hara wrote: > > All, > > > > I have a Sonly Clie TJ-37 and I'm having problems getting it to > > communicate with Gnome Pilot. I have created a sym link > > between /dev/pilot/ and /dev/ttyUSB0. When I follow the wizard and > > click the HotSync on the Clie, I get the following in /var/log/messages: > > > > Feb 20 23:41:21 sumas kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using > > uhci_hcd and address 12 > > Feb 20 23:41:21 sumas kernel: visor 2-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS > > converter detected > > Feb 20 23:41:21 sumas kernel: usb 2-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS > > converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > > Feb 20 23:41:21 sumas kernel: usb 2-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS > > converter now attached to ttyUSB1 > > > > Despite this apparent connectivity, The "Initial Sync" of Gnome Pilot > > hangs and the Clie eventually times out saying that a connection could > > not be established. > > > > Every time I do a hotsync, I notice that the one line > > in /var/log/messages increments: > > > > Feb 20 23:41:21 sumas kernel: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using > > uhci_hcd and address 12 > > > > I don't know if the 'address 12' is important enough that I need to tell > > Gnome Pilot. > > > > /var/log/messages also reports the device as "Handspring Visor", not > > Sony Clie, but I don't know if that's important either. > > > > Based on /var/log/messages, it seems as though the USB link is working, > > but it's just getting Gnome Pilot to work that's the issue. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > ---- > I can make it fairly simple for you... > > I added to my > > <!-- Kyocera --> > > <!-- Kyocera 7135 --> > <device vendor_id="0c88" product_id="0021" /> > > to > /usr/share/gnome-pilot/devices.xml > > so all you would need to do is get this info for your Clie > > this link will tell you how to do that > http://webpages.charter.net/decibelshelp/LinuxHelp_UDEVPrimerMisc.html > > Not necessary for this but if you want a lot more info on usb/udev > etc... > http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php > > Trust me - took me a long time to find out this info - once I got the > picture, it was easy. > > Craig > >