Mark Weaver wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 07:54:00 -0500 > Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> thoughtfully > uttered these words to ponder: > > > In 8.1, I just added to the append line devfs=nomount > > reran lilo, did a complete shutdown, not restart. > > When the system started up, I had all my /dev/ links. > > My SCSI scanner works now as does CDRW, and TV card > > > > > > Brian D. Klar - CVE > > OTS > > WPAFB > > Hi Brian, > > I too have done the same thing as well as a few extra steps that > involved entering the necessary module names in /etc/modules, and > creating a symbolic link from /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 -> /dev/visor. > unfortunately while the information that Mike gave me was absolutle > stellar I wasn't able to get my visor to work. I'm still not sure why. > > -- > daRcmaTTeR > > Registered Linux User 182496 > Mandrake 8.1 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10:05am up 1 day, 19:48, 2 users, load average: 1.93, 1.79, 1.91 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any idea where it all falls apart? I set up another mdk8.1 box yesterday and, after seeing your message, paid pretty close attention to what I did in getting my visor to sync with jpilot. FWIW, at this point I'm still working with the default 'out of the box' install though I will soon add all the security updates on this box. To get the visor sync to work... 1 Make sure the USB service is started (check it by - /etc/rc.d/init.d/usb status) 2 edit /etc/sysconfig/usb - set visor=yes 3 edit /etc/modules - add usbcore usb-uhci (usb-uhci if Intel chipset, usb-ohci for most others) usbserial visor 4 make a symlink from /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 to /dev/visor (ln -s /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 /dev/visor) 5 informational - check /etc/modules.conf - if mdk setup found USB during install there'll probably be a line to that effect here. It'll also tell you whether you need usb-uhci or usb-ohci above. If there is nothing here make sure usb is not disabled in bios. 6 edit /etc/lilo.conf and add append=" devfs=nomount" to your default linux boot entry (run lilo at the prompt to make the change take effect at next boot). 7 reboot the system. 8 run jpilot - under file>preferences>settings set serial port to /dev/visor and speed to 9600 (I haven't checked whether faster speeds work). Shutdown jpilot. 9 run jpilot - put your visor in the cradle and press the hot sync button THEN click the sync button in jpilot. My Visor Platinum works every time. I also have a laptop that does have all the security updates and it works too implying that none of the updates break this in any way. Hope this helps. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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