[hllug] Re: Twins Progress - PDA Connectivity
- From: Lee Parmeter <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:19:42 -0600
Cranz Nichols wrote:
> More progress on the Twins:
>
> You may recall, from the previous exciting episode, I was trying to get
> my $3 Handspring Visor to sync up with Ubuntu 7.10. No joy.
>
> After looking around the Ubuntu site, I found (and Lee also forwarded)
> the following info:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices
>
> Following the destructions in the URL I created a file named:
> /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules
>
> and populated it with the following single line:
>
> BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="Palm Handheld*", KERNEL=="ttyUSB[13579]",
> NAME="pilot", GROUP="uucp", MODE="0660"
For those reading this and wondering "why", the above is required to create
the device name "/dev/pilot" for the Palm synchronizing application
"Gnome-pilot".
In the "old days", before "UDEV", you could just make a symbolic link (fake
name that points to the real "file" name) to the real USB device
(/dev/ttyUSB*). With "UDEV" the entries under "/dev" are created
dynamically during the boot process as the hardware is discovered.
Everything under /dev is lost (not saved) when you shutdown the machine.
> I also made an additional entry in the file:
>
> /etc/modules
>
> of:
>
> visor
Visor is the "USB HandSpring Visor, Palm m50x, and Sony Clie driver".
> Eureka (and other vacuum cleaners)! It works!
>
> Tnx to Lee.
>
> If anyone wants me to pick one of these up at the Goodwill Computer
> Store, let me know. I have almost talked EA into one - to store numbers
> and addresses for her near the phone.
Ok, you can pick 1 up for me! I'll pay you this Saturday if you make it to
the Marble Falls meeting.
> cln
> Lake Buchanan
> Meanest man on Emeralds Drive
--
Lee Parmeter
http://www.bubbasgeek.com
"When it comes to Vista: just say NO! If you're not ready for Linux, buy a
MAC!" - Lee Parmeter
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