Treo USB no longer creating ttyUSB[01] devices???

[Les]

On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 20:19 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Mark C. Allman wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 19:05 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> >> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 20:52 -0500, Mark C. Allman wrote:
> >>> OK, something else that's broken in F8.
> >>>
> >>> At some point in the past when we'd plug in a Treo 700p USB cable to
> >>> hotsync (which occasionally actually worked), devices /dev/ttyUSB0
> >>> and /dev/ttyUSB1 were created to access the phone.  Now when I plug it
> >>> in I only see lines like:
> >>>     Feb 23 15:35:26 prez kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device
> >>>                          using uhci_hcd and address 3
> >>>     Feb 23 15:35:26 prez kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 
> >>>                          1 choice
> >>> When I plug in my Verizon broadband wireless USB modem I see ttyUSB0 and
> >>> ttyUSB1 created, but no longer for the Treo.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas/hints on why the tty devices are no longer created?
> >> ----
> >> did you...
> >>
> >> cp /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/60-libpisock.rules /etc/udev/rules
> >>
> >> also note that the actual ports used /dev/ttyUSBx are less important
> >> because it should automatically create a linked device /dev/pilot and
> >> that would be what you want to use
> >>
> >> Craig
> >>
> > Both the files 60-libpisock.rules and 60-pilot.rules.  Useless.  
> > 
> > Also, the file 60-libpisock.rules references the group "dialout" which
> > doesn't exist.  This suggests some install process which didn't run (and
> > didn't copy files and create the group).  I have the following packages
> > installed:
> >     gnome-pilot-2.0.15-10.fc8
> >     gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.15-10.fc8
> >     pilot-link-0.12.2-17.fc8
> >     pilot-link-devel-0.12.2-17.fc8
> > 
> > Maybe I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling these.  I don't have days
> > and days and days to waste tracking down all these F8 problems, though.
> > Looks like a move back to F7 is in order.  The kernel I'm running is
> > 2.6.23.15-137.fc8.
> > 
> Dumb question - did you also copy the 60-pilot.perms to 
> /etc/security/console.perms.d? This controls the 
> ownership/permissions of the USB port. You will probably have to log 
> out and back in for the rules to take affect.
> 
> Mikkel
> -- 
I am not OP, but on FC7 I don't have that file.

Regards,
Les H