On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 17:18 -0600, kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Looks like visor isn't picking it up. While the device is trying to > > > hotsync, run a /sbin/lsusb to see what the PID/VID is for it. It may > > > need to be added to visor. You should be able to load visor by hand > > > adding 'product=0x???? vendor=0x????' substituting the appropriate > > > values from lsusb and it may pick it up. > > > > ---- > > applied Windows solution (reboot) and that somewhat helped. Now it > > definitely shows up as /dev/ttyUSB0 & /dev/ttyUSB1 (hooray - I knew > > without that, it would be hopeless). > > > > # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules > > > > BUS="scsi", SYSFS{model}="iPod ", KERNEL="sdp2", NAME="%k", > > SYMLINK="ipod" > > > > BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Palm*", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", SYMLINK="pilot" > > > > # cat /etc/udev/permissions.d/10-udev.permissions > > pilot*:craig:usb:0666 > > ttyUSB1:$local:uucp:0660 > > > > clearly should work...but still struggling here... > > > > # pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -L > > > > > > Listening to port: /dev/pilot > > > > Please press the HotSync button now... > > Error accepting data on /dev/pilot > > > > ;-( > > > > getting closer though - thanks Kevin/Dave > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > I'm no udev expert. However my filenames differ from yours in that my > filenames are : > /etc/udev/rules.d/10-visor.rules > /etc/udev/permissions.d/10-visor.permissions > > maybe its no big deal. I have the udev rules/permissions files as well but > with significantly different content. ---- I don't think that there's much significance to file names with the exception that files are parsed in alphabetic order and named whatever.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d and whatever.permissions in /etc/udev/permissions.d I apparently have run the table and don't know how to reset... Oct 4 15:42:35 lin-workstation kernel: usb 3-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 16 Oct 4 15:42:36 lin-workstation kernel: visor 3-3:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected Oct 4 15:42:36 lin-workstation kernel: usb 3-3: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 Oct 4 15:42:36 lin-workstation kernel: usb 3-3: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 Oct 4 15:43:20 lin-workstation kernel: usb 3-3: USB disconnect, address 16 Oct 4 15:43:20 lin-workstation kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 Oct 4 15:43:20 lin-workstation kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1 as now that I have connected and failed at address 16, I can no longer connect to ttyUSB0/1 at all again. I can reboot - which apparently gives me another 16 chances ;-( I have settled on this... # cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules BUS="scsi", SYSFS{model}="iPod ", KERNEL="sdp2", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="ipod" BUS="usb-serial",ID="ttyUSB1",NAME="%k",SYMLINK="pilot" [root@lin-workstation ~]# cat /etc/udev/permissions.d/10- udev.permissions pilot*:craig:usb:0666 but I am still getting error when trying to connect to pilot-xfer or jpilot on FC-3 Error read system info on /dev/pilot which did indeed exist before I ran past 16 addresses and it created /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 upon pressing cradle button does bluetooth work for this? I might go out and pick up a bluetooth adaptor for my PC Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.