Thanks Tom, dmesg shows up only ttyS0, not ttyUSB1, so I don't know what's going on. My Palm connects via a USB socket, so I assumed it would be on a USB port - is there any really good documentation on this you can point me to? Regards, Andy On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 15:39, Tom Callahan wrote: > Use dmesg when you connect your Palm Device to make sure it's connecting > to /dev/ttyUSB1. > > The c in your output defines that it is a character device... > > Thanks, > > Tom Callahan > TESSCO Technologies > Desk: (410)-229-1361 > Cell: (410)-588-7605 > Email: callahant@xxxxxxxxxx > > A real engineer only resorts to documentation when the keyboard dents on the forehead get too noticeable. > > > > Andy Allen wrote: > > >I'm trying to use jpilot to sync with my PalmOne, but there seems to be > >a problem with accessing the USB port. When I run pilot-link to test the > >port, I get > > > >$ pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -l > > > > ERROR: No such device > > Unable to bind to port '/dev/ttyUSB1' > > Please use --help for more information > > > >Also, ls -l /dev/ttyUSB1 gives > > > >crw------- 2 andrew uucp 188, 1 Jan 30 2003 /dev/ttyUSB1 > > > >despite the fact that I've done chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1 previously. > > > >I don't know what the c in crw------- means - I can't find it anywhere > >in the documentation about ls. What do I need to do to make ttyUSB1 > >available as a port? > > > >Andy > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
