kpilot

[Tim]

Kpilot can't find /dev/pilot I tried changing it to /dev/ttyS0 & 2 I'm
using a ps2 mouse and I tried CUA0 but no luck.  I did look for
/dev/pilot with locate and it's not there.  Any help would help.

[Ben Steeves]

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:24:05 -0700, Timothy Payne  wrote:
> Kpilot can't find /dev/pilot I tried changing it to /dev/ttyS0 & 2 I'm
> using a ps2 mouse and I tried CUA0 but no luck.  I did look for
> /dev/pilot with locate and it's not there.  Any help would help.

make a soft link from /dev/ttySx to /dev/pilot, where X is the number
of the serial port your Palm's cradle is attached to.  Make sure to
also change the permissions to 0666.

[Tim]

Wow! that was a fast reply, thanks but /dev/pilot is not there per using
locate and scrolling through the dir I thought changing Kpilot from
/dev/pilot to /dev/ttyS0 would work but it did not.  The log file shows
it's looking when I make a change but fails.

Thanks Tim...

On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 21:27, Ben Steeves wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:24:05 -0700, Timothy Payne  wrote:
> > Kpilot can't find /dev/pilot I tried changing it to /dev/ttyS0 & 2 I'm
> > using a ps2 mouse and I tried CUA0 but no luck.  I did look for
> > /dev/pilot with locate and it's not there.  Any help would help.
>
> make a soft link from /dev/ttySx to /dev/pilot, where X is the number
> of the serial port your Palm's cradle is attached to.  Make sure to
> also change the permissions to 0666.
> -- 
> Ben Steeves
>             [e-mail]
>             GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9
>             http://www.metacon.ca/

[James A. Giseburt]

Good Day!

On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 23:39, Timothy Payne wrote:
> Wow! that was a fast reply, thanks but /dev/pilot is not there per using
> locate and scrolling through the dir I thought changing Kpilot from
> /dev/pilot to /dev/ttyS0 would work but it did not.  The log file shows
> it's looking when I make a change but fails.
>
> Thanks Tim...
>
> On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 21:27, Ben Steeves wrote:
> > On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:24:05 -0700, Timothy Payne  wrote:
> > > Kpilot can't find /dev/pilot I tried changing it to /dev/ttyS0 & 2 I'm
> > > using a ps2 mouse and I tried CUA0 but no luck.  I did look for
> > > /dev/pilot with locate and it's not there.  Any help would help.
> >
> > make a soft link from /dev/ttySx to /dev/pilot, where X is the number
> > of the serial port your Palm's cradle is attached to.  Make sure to
> > also change the permissions to 0666.
> > -- 
> > Ben Steeves
> >             [e-mail]
> >             GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9
> >             http://www.metacon.ca/

As Ben stated above, create a symbolic link to /dev/pilot and make sure
it has read/write access by issuing the following commands:

ln -s /dev/ttySx /dev/pilot	- where x is the serial port #
    chmod 666 /dev/pilot

Hope this helps!

Jim

James A. Giseburt
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[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> > > > > "TP" == Timothy Payne  writes:

TP> Kpilot can't find /dev/pilot I tried changing it to /dev/ttyS0 & 2
TP> I'm using a ps2 mouse and I tried CUA0 but no luck.

You forgot to specify what kind of Pilot you're using.  The more
recent ones connect via USB, and so you need to use ttyUSB0 or ttyUSB1
instead.  (Plug it in and try to sync; then "dmesg" or
/var/log/messages will tell you where it showed up.)

- J<