Re: m130 USB connection

[chris cotsapas <chris@nodalpoint.org>]

 Hi again,
> 
> On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 17:30, Mario Camou wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > One of the weird things with many PalmOS USB devices, is that the device
> > itself appears on the USB bus only during the HotSync operation itself.
> > Try pressing HotSync and checking the contents of /proc/bus/usb while
> > the Palm is trying to sync.
> > 
> > The device you want is /dev/ttyUSB1 (ttyUSB0 is reserved for something
> > or other, I don't remember. ttyUSB1 is the HotSync port). You can create
> > a softlink from /dev/pilot to /dev/ttyUSB1.

 The softlink is there... /dev/ttyUSB1 is not, however. Any thoughts? I'm
 probably doing something stupid, but I'm a newbie to Linux.....
 
 Thanks 
 
 Chris
 
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > -Mario Camou.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 09:18, chris cotsapas wrote:
> > 
> >     Hi all, a newbie question here: 
> >     
> >     I'm trying to sync my new m130 on a USB port. The first problem I seem
> >     to be encountering is that the device is not recognised - /proc/bus/usb/
> >     is empty. There is also no dev/pilot or ttyUSB . My guess is that the
> >     cradle is not talking to the computer at all?
> >     
> >     Kernel: 2.4.19 
> >     jpilot: 0.99.2-2 
> >     pilot-link: 0.9.5.0-8
> >     
> >     Any comments on how to proceed would be appreciated. is there a
> >     newbie-proof howto I should look at? The standard PalmOS howto doesn't
> >     deal with this.
> >     
> >     Many thanks
> >     
> >     Chris Cotsapas
> >     
> > 
> > 
> 
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Chris Cotsapas

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