Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:29:11AM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>> Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:06:53AM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>>> Donn Washburn wrote:
>>>>> On 07/29/2009 08:30 PM, Donn Washburn wrote:
>>>>>> Hey group;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the past my Palm device was spotted right off by SuSE after
>>>>>> installing a custom /etc/udev/rules.d file.
>>>>>> Now it is not even spotted by hwinfo --usb. This brings me to my
>>>>>> question. (Senior Moment) - What was the kernel module need to have
>>>>>> this device seen? Something like "joliet".
>>>>>>
>>>>> Got it - visor and usbserial
>>>>>
>>>>> It is amassing how quickly a old brain comes around
>>>> Sometimes. Where do I find "visor" and "usbserial" as Yast doesn't find
>>>> them for 11.1?
>>> They are kernel modules, not separate packages.
>>>
>>>> I get the error(s):
>>>>
>>>> 01:04:20 Starting the KPilot daemon ...
>>>> 01:04:20 Daemon started.
>>>> 01:04:20 Daemon status is `.kde.kpilot.daemon was not provided by any
>>>> .service files'
>>>> 01:04:22 Trying to open device /dev/pilot...
>>>> 01:04:22 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0].
>>>>
>>>> Do you or anyone else know how to fix this?
>>> press sync on your device first.
>> Tried that and still get:
>>
>> HotSync Log
>>
>> 11:25:55 Starting the KPilot daemon ...
>> 11:25:55 Daemon started.
>> 11:25:55 Daemon status is `.kde.kpilot.daemon was not provided by any
>> .service files'
>> 11:25:55 Trying to open device /dev/pilot...
>> 11:25:55 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0].
>> 11:25:59 Trying to open device /dev/pilot...
>> 11:25:59 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0].
>> 11:26:04 Trying to open device /dev/pilot...
>> 11:26:04 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/sr0].
>
> Looks like kpilot needs to be configured to use the proper device node
> (usually /dev/ttyUSB1 or so.) But note, it's usually better to just use
> the libusb version of the pilot-link tools these days, no need to touch
> the kernel drivers at all. That works much better, as the visor kernel
> driver is pretty much unmaintained due to a lack of hardware (yes, it's
> my code, but without hardware, I can't test it anymore...)
>
> Try asking on a kpilot mailing list,
>
> good luck,
Thanks.....I'm going to need it! ;) You are correct...the system does
see it, and as /dev/ttyUSB1, which of course is in /dev, bu then,
neither is pilot. :( Even though the system does see it, NO software will.
Thanks for trying,
Fred
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