pilot sync problems.

[ddm at cerberus.ne.mediaone.net (Derek Martin)]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Frank Ramsay wrote:

> I just got a palm pilot and I can get it to sync with my linux laptop :(
> 
> I downloaded pilot-link 0.9.3 and built and installed it.
> but when I run pilot-xfer it says it can't bind /dev/pilot (linked to
> /dev/ttys0)
> I then tried using /dev/ttys1 through /dev/ttys4.

First of all, it's /dev/ttyS0, not /dev/ttys0.  Case is important! 
:)  Secondly, you may also have a permission problem.  You need read and
write access to the device.  If you do an ls on the device file, it should
look something like this:

  crw-------   1 ddm      tty        4,  64 Jul 26 10:14 /dev/ttyS0

It could also be owned by root, but then it needs to be crw-rw-rw- which
is probably not a good idea, if you have multiple users on your system,
as it could be a security concern.

There are other possible reasons why it could not be working, but that's
the most common one.





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