Ron Joffe wrote:

On Wednesday 31 December 2003 16:53, Colburn wrote:

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Sync is looking for dev/pilot so I tried symlink /dev/usb/ttyUSB4 /dev/pilot and discovered that symlink doesn't exist. How please, do I make this happen? ln -s /dev/usb/ttyUSB4 /dev/pilot

Thanks to both folks who offered the fix. Problem is now that Sync says "/dev/pilot does not exist". I am guessing that this may suggest a USB problem? There are four USB ports on the side of my notebook but they are not numerically labeled. I have tried the PDA/USB-Serial adapter cable in the ones at each end presuming USB4 to be at one end or the other. My USB mouse at work functions properly, but I seem to recall that the mouse protocol may work when others may not for some reason. Help? Thanks! doc -- "Wars and rumors of wars, disasters, and social decay, yet undaunted for love and peace we pray." dmc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An easy fix might be to start kwikdisk. It will indicate which usb port is utilized when you plug in your pilot and allow you to mount the device. I suggest you forget about /dev/pilot and mount the pilot as whatever mount point is provided by the hotplug service. I am assuming here that the pilot acts similar to a camera memory chip and the mount point is automatically created in /etc/fstab. Worth a try anyway. gud luk,

Oddly enough KwikDisk just barely causes a flicker that suggests it is about to start to run and then the desktop returns to normal and nothing happens. Any idea what is up with that, please? Thanks! doc -- "Wars and rumors of wars, disasters, and social decay, yet undaunted for love and peace we pray." dmc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Colburn [12-31-03 22:07]:

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Oddly enough KwikDisk just barely causes a flicker that suggests it is about to start to run and then the desktop returns to normal and nothing happens. It loads as a mini-icon in the system tray beside your clock. Look for it there.

No joy ... no USB devices. I added a USB mouse (it works but doesn't show on KwikDisk). I added a Kensington USB 128MB memory stick (not recognized). Now what? doc -- "Wars and rumors of wars, disasters, and social decay, yet undaunted for love and peace we pray." dmc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~