Which dev for USB Palm device?

[James Ralston]

On 2003-12-03 at 13:59:23-0500 Eddie Davis <eddiedavis at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I just installed Fedora Core 1 and am trying to sync my Tungsten T3
> in Evolution.  The Gnome Palm Setting app asks me to enter the
> device.  I've tried /dev/ttyUSB0 through ttyUSB7 and none seem to
> work.

Are the /dev/ttyUSB* devices owned by your userid, or are they owned
by root:uucp?

If they're not owned by you, then try applying the following patch:

--- /etc/security/console.perms.OLD	2003-02-10 15:43:43.000000000 -0500
+++ /etc/security/console.perms	2002-11-11 21:16:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 <gpm>=/dev/gpmctl
 <dri>=/dev/nvidia* /dev/3dfx*
 <mainboard>=/dev/apm_bios
+<ttyUSB>=/dev/ttyUSB[0-9]*
 
 # permission definitions
 <console>  0660 <floppy>     0660 root.floppy
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 <console>  0700 <gpm>	     0700 root
 <console>  0600 <mainboard>  0600 root
 <console>  0600 <rio500>     0600 root
+<console>  0600 <ttyUSB>     0660 root.uucp
 
 <xconsole> 0600 /dev/console 0600 root.root
 <xconsole> 0600 <dri>	     0600 root

I think logging out and back in is sufficient for the changes to take
effect, but if the /dev/ttyUSB* devices are still owned by root:uucp
when you log back in, then just reboot.

Honestly, I'm not sure why this isn't the default...

-- 
James Ralston, Information Technology
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA