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

[David <dsfranks at erwin dot largegeek.com>]

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Greg KH wrote:

> 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...

ok, I tried both /dev/ttyUSB0   and 1, without success.  I checked out
syslog, and I saw it mentioned port 1, but that's obviously not true.  Any
other suggestions?

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David
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