Re: [coldsync-hackers] getting coldsync installed

[Jeremy Gray <jagray at uiuc dot edu>]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:24:38PM -0500, David wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Brian Johnson wrote:
>> David wrote:
>>> I'm having some trouble getting coldsync working on my machine.  It
>>> compiles ok(no errors), but when I run make install, I don't see where it
>>> put an executable file, perl script or otherwise.  Also, How do I set up
>>> my /dev/pilot ?   I tried running MAKEDEV pilot in /dev, but it gave me an
>>> error saying: MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device: 'pilot'.   I am
>>> currently running Slackware 8.0, Athlon 800.  My PDA is a Sony Clie(I
>>> forget the model number, it's too late in the evening).  Is there anyone
>>> out there that can help me?  Thanks!
>>
>> On my Redhat 7.2 machine, it put coldsync in the /usr/local/bin directory
>>
>> Type 'locate coldsync' to get a list of all files whose path name include
>> the word coldsync

Or 'which coldsync'.  I've noticed while trying to compile coldsync
under irix, the build fails horribly (producing only three object files)
without flagging an error to make (GNU make, in my case).  Perhaps your
'make' failed and your 'make install' blissfully did nothing as well.  
You should be able to run the command 'find . -type f -name coldsync' in
the build directory to see if 'make' actually made it.  

Additionally, /dev/pilot is usually a link.  I don't use it.  The proper
device is /dev/ttyS* for serial devices and /dev/ttyUSB* for USB
devices.  You'll also need the appropriate serial and USB drivers set in
the kernel.  

> yes, I read the docs, but I'll read them again...

Don't forget about google.  The information is out there waiting to be
found.  

-- 
Jeremy A. Gray
jagray@uiuc.edu

"Remember the Pueblo." -- the Fourth Law of Marvin

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