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Since I've done this a little while ago, I think I remember it all, and thus I'll just start from scratch.
I have a USB cradle for my palm, but me thinks that the Serial to USB thing should just act like a regular USB cradle/cable. You can try this, then research it if it fails to work.
First you need to find what tty location your Palm is. It should be /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1 (provide your palm is the only thing that uses a tty interface via USB. To see this you can read the kernel log by typing:
sudo tail /var/log/messages
Palm pilots use two actually tty ports, and I think they actually use the second which should be ttyUSB1.
So now we know that it's (example) ttyUSB1. to use this as a non-root person you need to chmod it:
sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1
There, now you can read and write it.
Optional: if you want, you can link /dev/ttyUSB1 to /dev/pilot.
Now fire up Gpilot, and select /dev/ttyUSB1, and select the USB radio button. You can change the speed later if you wish. Now the rest should be self-explanatory.....
I should write a formal how-to for the YDL website. ;)
- --Andy Zschetzsche
On Mar 6, 2005, at 8:25 PM, Kenneth Browne wrote:
- -- Andrew ZschetzscheHello,
I'm running YDL 4.0 on a G4 400 Mhz with 512 RAM and have lots of questions and problems trying to sync my Palm device.
Palm OS device is a Handspring Visor Edge. I have a serial cradle but the G4 has no serial ports so I am (trying to) use a generic serial/usb cable to solve the problem. I want to use the Gnome pilot sync but cannot figure out how to get the PC to see the Palm device.
Gnome Pilot wants a "Port" setting. Default is /dev/pilot There's also a radio button for "USB" and another for "Serial" as well as IrDA and Network. I've tried all sorts of combinations, but can't get GPilot to find the Visor.
In the limited help file there's mention of a link between /dev/pilot and something else. Can't figure that one out. /dev/pilot does not seem to exist. Do I create one simply by making a folder /pilot within /dev?
What's the correct path to a USB port? /dev/USBtty#? or /dev/USB/tty# or something else altogether?
Should I be telling GPilot to look at a serial port, such as /dev/tty0?
I looked for help at a gpilot archive but most posters are dealing with non PPC distributions of Linux, none that I found relate to YDL.
TIA for any help anyone can offer.
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