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Re: re-install, now palm pilot is not found



On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:28:16 -0600
Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 08:14 -0800, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > Debian etch
> > 
> > Needed to re-install after my system got screwed up with a power surge.
> > 
> > Now that I have the system running nicely, I attempted to run
> > jpilot/pilot-link to sync with my palm pilot.  It does not see it..
> > 
> > I have "hal/udev" installed, evidently as default, but not hotplug.
> > 
> > What should I have installed? hotplug or "hal/udev"?
> 
> i believe that udev provides hotplug. so if you want to use udev, then
> you dont need (and shouldnt have) hotplug.
> 
> you may need to craft a udev rule for your palm, depending on what
> device was created under /dev/ and what the userspace program
> (jpilot/pilot-link) is looking for.
> 
> google for "writing udev rules" for a good tutorial.
> 
> -matt zagrabelny
> 


Thanks.. It was working before the re-install, so I 'assumed" it would
work after. Time to start reading ;-)

Again, thanks

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