On September 1, 2003 03:15 am, Steven Elling wrote:
> On Sunday 31 August 2003 23:45, gabriel wrote:
> > so i followed the gentoo pda howto and got as far as the end... so this
> > command will backup everything on my handspring:
> >
> > pilot-xfer -p /dev/usb/tts/1 -b /home/username/visor
> >
> > but kpilot doesn't seem to want to work. i read somewhere (maybe it was
> > the howto) that "timing is everything" but no matter what timing i
> > choose, i get the following in the kpilot log window:
> >
> > 00:38:53 HotSyncing. Please press the HotSync button.
> >
> > and the handspring just says:
> >
> > connecting with the desktop
> >
> > that is, until it dies with "connection could not be established"...
> > anyone know what i'm missing?
>
> Whare are the permission on the device file and the usb file system if
> you're using usb? It's been a while since I got mine working but I think
> the problem was with the device file or usb.
(~) $ ls -l /dev/usb/tts/
total 0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 188, 0 Dec 31 1969 0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 188, 1 Dec 31 1969 1
"/dev/pilot" and "/dev/palm" both link to "/dev/usb/tts/1"
so given the above permissions, i don't see how that can be the issue...
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