At Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:29:35 -0500, Erinn wrote: > > One time on Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 02:51:52PM +1300 this person > named Paul William wrote: > > > > I am getting a new palm (tunsten E) tomorrow. My last palm > > m105 was sold before I switched to Debian and worked fine in > > mdk. > > > > Is there any tip /things-i-need-todo to get a usb palm > > working in debian (apart from installing the right software)? > > This is what I've done: > > 1. I use gPilot. Other people may recommend something else. > > o gPilot uses usb and defaults to /dev/pilot > o ln -s /dev/ttyUSBx /dev/pilot > I should mention here mine uses ttyUSB0 - you can check > /var/log/messages when you plug your Palm in and try to > sync it. It will tell you which ttyUSB it is. Or you can > play around until you figure it out :) > o chmod 660 ttyUSBx - and make sure you're in the dialout > group > o chown username ttyUSBx
Is this necessary? Doesn't this simply duplicate the rw permissions you get from being in the dialout group? (My only experience with a PDA is with the late great Psion, which connects via a dump serial port.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
