Changing permissions on files that only exist during USB operation

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On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 20:54 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
> >ls -l /dev/pilot /dev/ttyUSB*
> >should come up empty...please confirm
> >  
> >
> Confirmed:
> [dave@localhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/pilot /dev/ttyUSB*
> ls: /dev/pilot: No such file or directory
> ls: /dev/ttyUSB*: No such file or directory
> 
> >then again...
> >ls -l /dev/pilot /dev/ttyUSB*
> >you should see 3 things happening...
> >  
> >
> And I do:
> [dave@localhost ~]$ ls -l /dev/pilot /dev/ttyUSB*
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      7 Sep  5 20:38 /dev/pilot -> ttyUSB1
> crw-rw----  1 dave uucp 188, 0 Sep  5 20:38 /dev/ttyUSB0
> crw-rw----  1 dave uucp 188, 1 Sep  5 20:38 /dev/ttyUSB1
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so far pretty good - though /dev/ttyUSB0 is owned by dave which means
that you succeeded in mucking the permissions which obviously wasn't the
problem as that should have been owned by root.
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> 
> 
> >so I would say that if you don't have those devices when you aren't
> >syncing and you do have those devices when you push the sync button on
> >the cradle or on the palm - if jpilot is set to use /dev/pilot then the
> >only issue I can see is the settings... 57600 & auto flow control works
> >for me.
> >  
> >
> I don't see a setting for "auto flow control" in Jpilot. But I do have 
> it set to 57600.
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I meant the palm pilot - making sure it is set to 57600 and auto-flow
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> 
> >Perhaps you should make sure that you don't have some old processes
> >hanging and reboot first.
> >
> Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by this. Processes related to the palm 
> pilot?
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yes - and the usb drivers - try the windows fix - reboot the system.

Craig


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