Re: [coldsync-hackers] Re: getting coldsync installed

[Greg KH <greg at kroah dot com>]

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 03:05:04AM -0500, David wrote:
> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Andrew Arensburger wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 1 May 2002, David wrote:
> > > ok,  I got the cvs image, but there wasn't a config script in there.  can
> > > I use the one from one of the releases?
> >
> > 	You need to use 'autoconf' to build the "configure" script from
> > "configure.in" (that's why "configure" isn't in the CVS tree).
> > 	You can try using the 'configure' script that comes with a
> > distribution, but there's no guarantee that it'll work.
> 
> ok, I swear this is it, but I'm having trouble determining what /dev entry
> I should use.  I have a Sony Clie that connects via USB.  when I hit
> hotsync, and then cat /proc/bus/usb/devices, I see it listed, but it
> didn't tell me much information about the /dev entry.  Anyone else have
> this setup working successfully?  I'm running Slackware Linux 8.0

Look at the kernel log messages, it will tell you which port to try to
connect to (well, as David said, some of the Sony devices lie, but if
you try to connect to the wrong one, the kernel log will tell you that
you should try a lower one if it's one of those odd devices.)

Or if you are running the 2.5.x kernel, you can look in
/proc/tty/driver/usbserial at which usb-serial devices are connected
(then use the first number as the /dev/ttyUSB node to connect to.)

Aren't dynamic devices and their proper nodes just wonderful? :)
Trust me, people are trying to work on better solutions...


thanks,

greg k-h

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