Package: libpisock8
Version: 0.11.8-10
Severity: wishlist
Although actual connection to palm-type device happens with this
library, there is no README.Debian which lead to howto configure palm
device. I was trying to use jpilot and took me a while ...
I also think there is no supporting document for udev !
I am happy to report this works with 2.6 kernel and udev using Sony Clie
PEG-N600C.
(Oh, 0.12 is almost out. Please package it when it is ready.)
Here is quick howto for udev:
I added /etc/udev/rules.d/palm.rules
(Currently, udev does not create device for usb-serial devices)
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# USB devices
#BUS="usb", KERNEL="hiddev*", NAME="usb/%k"
BUS="usb-serial", KERNEL="*", NAME="%k"
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If you want to use palm group, create a group named pilot and edit
/etc/udev/permissions.d/udev.permissions for
#ttyUSB[0-9]*:root:dialout:0660
ttyUSB[0-9]*:root:pilot:0660
Add user to the daialout group (or to the pilot group if you created it)
Go to Linux console (ALT-CTRL-F1) and put Palm device on the USB cradle,
press sync button. See /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 comes up.
Use command such as palm-addresses to test which port is used. Once you
figure out device name created, you make symlink from /dev/pilot to that
device.
Hint: Execution order matters with udev !
1. You click sync button first (create device node)
2. you execute pilot-* command or any other pilot program such as jpilot
Let me repeat, press sync button of pilot before starting Linux side
softwares.
Despite many warnings in other docs, Debian sarge will be shipped with
newer than version 11. So many restriction on devices are gone.
NB: I have Sony-Clie, one of the compatibles. It looked like having
hard time connecting to Linux. It was not software problem. I had to
clean contact point. So you may want to check contact too. Library name
confused me but we are already 11th.
Osamu
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages libpisock8 depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libreadline4 4.3-15 GNU readline and history libraries
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