Re: Palm & pi_bind (????)
vdemart@supereva.it [debian-user] <17/10/02 07:10 -0000>:
>
> I've restored my woody installation (which included a working jpilot through the irda device of my portable as /dev/ircomm0) to move from ext2 to reiserfs.
> Now, syncing my Palm with jpilot on /dev/ircomm0 (it works via minicom, I can connect to my provider!), it doesn't work any longer and the following message pops up:
>
> Syncing on device /dev/ircomm0
> Press the HotSync button now
> **************************
> pi_bind invalid argument
> check your serial port and settings
> exiting status -10
>
>
> Trying with
> pilot-xfer -p /dev/ircomm0 -r .jpilot
>
> the message is:
> Unable to bind to port ircomm0
> pi_bind: No such file or directory.
>
>
> I've cheched with irdadump and the connections seems ok!
FOUND THE SOLUTION BY MYSELF!
There's a symlink between /dev/ircomm0 and /dev/pilot: ln -s ircomm0
pilot. /dev/ircomm0 MUST be chmod 666 ( read and write by
all). Instead the rascal was 600!!
Amazing, isn't it?
Ciao
Vittorio
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