On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 14:00, Clif Caldwell wrote:
> Please feel free to ignore this if your tired of this question or if
> you are very kind send me the info to my email address.
>
> I have been using a serial cradle with my Handspring Visor but it is
> incredibly slow. After the recent discussions here I decided to try
> USB again. I am lost. How can you go about linking /dev/visor or
> /dev/pilot to a device that doesn't exist until you sync. Also how can
> you make sure HOTPLUG is enabled and functioning. I have monitored
> /dev/usb/tty/ and during a sync operation I don't see any devices being
> created.
If you don't use devfs, the you will be able to see your USB devices
before hotsyncing, then you can create the link.
> I tried to disable devfs in Mandrake Control Center but it continues to run.
> I did this to try using some of the suggestions put forth on this list.
I you use LILO, edit your /etc/lilo.conf file, for the selection you
use, add the line:
append="devfs=nomount"
Don'f forget to /sbin/lilo, or you can add devfs=nomount at the lilo
prompt if you wish.
If you use GRUB, sorry, I have never used it so I would be lost.
Once you have this, then you can do:
ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot
Also add visor=yes to your /etc/sysconfig/usb file.
It does work, I have my Visor Prism syncing via USB with Evolution,
although it did seem to take for ever to get it all working, and
versions of Evolution > 1.0.8 and < 1.2.1 syncing does not work, I have
used it with both 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.
Hope this helps.
--
...Rob
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hear them speak.
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