On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Steve Steiner wrote:
> First, connected the cradle to the serial port. Then chmod a+wrx /dev/ttys0
> as su.
It need not need to be 777, merely group-writable by group (say) 'pilot',
(which you would create if it doesn't exist) and the app sgid to that
group. But that's not where your problem comes from.
> Next, made ln -s /dev/ttsy0 /dev/pilot. Ran gpilot (through Evolution's
> wizard), specified the device as /dev/pilot (also tried as /dev/ttys0),
> serial port, 57,600. Made sure the Palm was set to HotSync on direct
> serial at 57,600. Pressed the HotSync button on the cradle and the Palm
> times out, giving me the error message that it couldn't establish
> communication with the PC. Meanwhile, Evolution just sits there and
> never times out, never does anything.
Did you really mean ttys0? It should be ttyS0. Different major/minor
numbers.
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