USB ports simply don't exist until you hit the button on the cradle, after which hotplug will take care of the goodies in /dev. You might want to read this for some pointers: http://felix.monkeynoodle.org/comp/clie
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 15:07, Russell W. Behne wrote: > I need help getting my Palm m515 to sync with J-Pilot. It seems that no matter what >I do it just > can't establish any connection. > > I started with this: > # ls -l /dev/pilot > ls: /dev/pilot: No such file or directory > # ls /dev/usb > lp0 tts/ > # ls /dev/usb/tts/ > (Nothing shown in response to the last ls command.) > > So I did: > # ln -s /dev/usb/tts/0 /dev/pilot > Then: > # ls -l /dev/pilot > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 14 Jan 28 10:51 /dev/pilot -> >/dev/usb/tts/0 > > Here both /dev/pilot and /dev/usb/tts/0 were shown in flashing red by the color ls. > Next I pressed the hotsync button on the cradle and this time I got: > # ls /dev/usb/tts/ > 0 1 > Note that 1 and 2 now exist in /dev/usb/tts/. > # ls -l /dev/pilot > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 14 Jan 28 10:52 /dev/pilot -> >/dev/usb/tts/1 > Note that /dev/usb/tts/0 changed to /dev/usb/tts/1 !!! > The connection attempt times out, and afterwards I get this: > # ls -l /dev/pilot > ls: /dev/pilot: No such file or directory > # ls /dev/usb > lp0 tts/ > # ls /dev/usb/tts/ > (Nothing shown in response to the last ls command.) > So, everything's back where it started. :-/ > How am I supposed to get it to hotsync? > > > Mit freundlichen Gr��en, > Russ. > Take the `Virtual Tour' of Behne's `Backyard' Nursery: > http://www.angelfire.com/linux/behnesnursery/ > > ACTION STEP: To Stop Government Spy Program: Read about the ominous new > federal spy program ``Total Information Awareness.'' The ACLU has created > a page that allows you to TAKE ACTION to stop this program now, by sending > a free fax to President Bush asking that he renounce and end this new > effort to invade our privacy. We are pleased, as part of our "America > Stands for Liberty" program, to provide you with information about this > ACLU effort. (We are not connected in any way with the ACLU.) To send a > free fax or learn more, visit: > http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=11323&c=130 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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