Re: [PLUG] Palm Pilot synching.

[Will Dyson <will_dyson@pobox.com>]

Arthur S. Alexion wrote:

> The computer that I am now using most of the time is RH 7.2.  I 
> installed the aforementioned j-pilot and pilot-link utitilities, as 
> well as kOrganizer kPilot and the kAddressbook.  However, I can't get 
> the sync to work with any of them.  The Pilot is attached to the tty0 
> serial port, but the programs refuse to recognize the existence of the 
> port, or they complain about the permissions.
>
> I've read the documenttion for kOrganizer, kPilot, j-pilot and 
> pilot-link, and none seem to address my problem.  I have a feeling that 
> it is very basic.  Can any one help or direct me to the appropriate 
> docs?

I think the output of 'ls -l /dev/ttyS0' and 'groups' might prove 
instructive, if there is a permissions problem. Are you the owner of the 
device or a member of the group that owns it? Are the read and write 
permissions set for the owner and group?

Also, you mention the /dev/tty0 port. Is that a typo? Because I'm pretty 
sure you want /dev/ttyS0. Many folks make a symlink from the device their 
palm is on to /dev/pilot, in order to avoid confusion.

For more info on linux serial ports:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO.html

--
Will Dyson
"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" -Dr. Peter Venkman

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