Syncing Palm device via USB Cable
Les
hlhowell at pacbell.net
Tue Mar 11 17:12:59 UTC 2008
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 02:09 -0500, pursley1 at netscape.net wrote:
> With the help of another person, we were able to deduce that the problem
> was because of Fedora, which by default, does not give access to the USB
> ports to users. There is no group to add to fix this problem and it
> took changing the global security permissions to allow everyone full
> access to the ports to get it to work. This really should be addressed
> on future versions of Fedora so I don't have to re-fix this problem
> every time the system updates the security. How do I recommend it?
>
> Bradley
>
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 10:11 -0500, pursley1 at netscape.net wrote:
> >
> >> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 08:20 -0500, pursley1 at netscape.net wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> I'm new to Fedora and am still classified have been messing around with
> >>>> Linux part-time for about a year but am trying to migrate fully to Linux
> >>>> now and can't seem to get my Palm device to sync. It connects via a USB
> >>>> cable and I can even 4. Some amount of training to our engineer. Perhaps 1 to 2 weeks istell you how it appears in the proc file system USB
> >>>> file when it is activated but how do I tell the software that it's
> >>>> there? This is only one of a few things that is hindering my desire to
> >>>> completely eliminate Windows from my computer (I haven't liked Microsoft
> >>>> for years). Any help here?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> 1) Make sure you have the pilot-link package installed and up to date.
> >>> 2) Make sure it works: do 'pilot-dlpsh -p usb:' and play around. Check
> >>> the man pages for the various pilot-* commands.
> >>> 3) If you want a GUI front-end pick one (e.g. kpilot, gnome-pilot) and
> >>> install it.
> >>> 4) Configure the front-end to use 'usb:' as the Pilot device.
> >>>
> >>> poc
> >>>
> >> Well, I tested your examples and all of the things you suggested to
> >> check worked just fine except that none of the front-ends are able to
> >> connect with it. I can connect with it manually using the 'pilot-dlpsh'
> >> command just fine. I've tried 'gnome-pilot' & 'jpilot' with no success
> >> at all.
> >>
> >
> > I use kpilot myself, so I can't help you. I would suggest making sure
> > you have the latest version, and that the front end is configured to use
> > 'usb:' as the device name. Earlier versions of pilot-link had
> > complicated ways of setting up serial ports, linking to the /dev/pilot
> > device, loading a 'visor' kernel module etc. etc., all of which gave a
> > lot of headaches and were unreliable. The current pilot-link uses the
> > libusb user-land library which is not only more reliable but noticeably
> > faster, but some of the frontends may not have caught up yet.
> >
> > poc
> >
> >
>
Did you add your users to the uucp group?
Regards,
Les H
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