strange - I get conflicting results. [solomon@shlomo1 ~]$ id uid=500(solomon) gid=500(solomon) groups=500(solomon),418(vboxusers)
[solomon@shlomo1 ~]$ groups solomon vboxusers [solomon@shlomo1 ~]$ cat /etc/group |grep solomon dialout:x:83:solomon solomon:x:500: vboxusers:x:418:solomon On the other hand, you're right - this is a permissions problem. I tried the same command as root and it worked. On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:16:31 +0300 shimi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Shlomo Solomon > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I'm trying to connect my Palm Zire 72 (yeah - I know - who uses an 8 > > year old Palm device?). The following command worked on my old > > Mandriva 2011 but not on Mageia 3. > > > > [solomon@shlomo1 ~]$ pilot-xfer --list --port=ttyUSB1 > > Unable to bind to port: ttyUSB1 > > > > > > ls -laR |grep ttyUSB1 > > crw-rw-r-- 1 root dialout 188, 1 Aug 11 06:37 ttyUSB1 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Aug 11 06:37 188:1 -> ../ttyUSB1 > > > > I notice you're not root. Is the user 'solomon' member of the group > 'dialout'? check out the 'id' command. > > -- Shimi -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.9.0 - KDE 4.10.2 - LINUX Mageia 3 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
