Palm sync

[msjones773]

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>On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:40:36 -0600
>msjones773 <msjones773 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I was able to get my Handera palm to sync with gnome pilot through my 
>>> serial port as root. When I log in as user gnome pilot does not
>>> reconise my palm. I chmod dev/pilot 666 but no luck. When I go to the
>>> file /dev/pilot it says link broken. Not sure what that means. What
>>> should I try in order to get my palm to sync as user?
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>You need the usb-serial and visor modules loaded to use the pilot.  Have
>you checked to see that they are available when you try to sync?
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> -- -John (JohnThompson at new.rr.com) --__--__--
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Well, I don't have a usb Visor so I didn't try that. What I did do was 
delete my /dev/palm file and start over. I logged in as root and typed 
into terminal: "ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/pilot" (without quotations).
 Then: chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0
When I opened gnome pilot it instantly recognized my palm and synced to 
it. Then I logged out as root and logged in as user and tried. Gnome 
pilot recognized my palm and synced! I think my problem stemmed from the 
fact that the first time I tried to set it up I was logged in as user 
and opened a terminal and su to root. The second time I actually logged 
in as root. I guess that made the difference. Many things to learn as a 
newbie! Thanks for your help.
Mark