On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 15:28 -0500, Mark C. Allman wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 19:05 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 20:52 -0500, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > > OK, something else that's broken in F8. > > > > > > At some point in the past when we'd plug in a Treo 700p USB cable to > > > hotsync (which occasionally actually worked), devices /dev/ttyUSB0 > > > and /dev/ttyUSB1 were created to access the phone. Now when I plug it > > > in I only see lines like: > > > Feb 23 15:35:26 prez kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device > > > using uhci_hcd and address 3 > > > Feb 23 15:35:26 prez kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from > > > 1 choice > > > When I plug in my Verizon broadband wireless USB modem I see ttyUSB0 and > > > ttyUSB1 created, but no longer for the Treo. > > > > > > Any ideas/hints on why the tty devices are no longer created? > > ---- > > did you... > > > > cp /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/60-libpisock.rules /etc/udev/rules > > > > also note that the actual ports used /dev/ttyUSBx are less important > > because it should automatically create a linked device /dev/pilot and > > that would be what you want to use > > > > Craig > > > Both the files 60-libpisock.rules and 60-pilot.rules. Useless. > > Also, the file 60-libpisock.rules references the group "dialout" which > doesn't exist. This suggests some install process which didn't run (and > didn't copy files and create the group). I have the following packages > installed: > gnome-pilot-2.0.15-10.fc8 > gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.15-10.fc8 > pilot-link-0.12.2-17.fc8 > pilot-link-devel-0.12.2-17.fc8 > > Maybe I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling these. I don't have days > and days and days to waste tracking down all these F8 problems, though. > Looks like a move back to F7 is in order. The kernel I'm running is > 2.6.23.15-137.fc8. > I'm running F7 and it has the same problem with the dialout group. I have just been ignoring it, but it should be cleaned up. Regards, Les H
