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haldara
03-03-2003, 10:15 PM
HI:

I am running RedHat Linux 7 and was trying to get my Palm IIIc device to synchronize data with my PC. I tried installing the pilot-link program, and when I run the program, I get the gnome-pilot setup window. It asks me where the device is connected (the default is /dev/pilot, although I could not locate that device). It also asks for the speed, and I am not quite sure what that is referring to. Whenever gnome-pilot asks to Hotsync the Palm in order to get the username information, it always fails to connect. I suspect that the problem is that I have to set up the Palm device somehow to work with pilot-link, although I am not sure how. Any help would be much appeciated. Thanks,

ADH

mdwatts
03-04-2003, 07:58 AM
You need to create a symlink between the serial port and /dev/pilot.

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/pilot (for com1)

ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/pilot (for com2)

Search the JL forums for 'palm pilot' for other suggestions.