[NTLUG:Discuss] Serial Ports and Palm Pilot

Patrick Parks patrick at patrickparks.com
Sat Sep 29 03:12:52 CDT 2001


Thanks, I just tried that and it did not work. What do I have to do to
determine what serial port my palm is on, and how do I check to see if I
am seeing it? I have been fooling around with mgetty in linuxconf, but
it does not seem to be doing anything different.


On Sat, 2001-09-29 at 16:50, Alan Andrews wrote:
> 
> If you're not trying to sync as root (hope not) you'll have to allow
> your non root users to access the serial port directly.  The quickest
> way is just to chmod a+rw /dev/cua0 (cua1 for serial 2).  I'm sure there
> are other ways, but that on WILL work.
> 
>   
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2001-09-29 at 02:30, Patrick Parks wrote:
> > hi guys and gals, has anyone on the list used Pilot software with a palm
> > pilot? I have been trying to get mine to work, and am not sure what the
> > problem is. I know my serial port is working, I have used a serial mouse
> > in the past. When I try to sync my palm, it just does not see it. Any
> > links to documentation to serial ports, and or Pilot-Link info ould be
> > greatful. Thanks
> > -- 
> > Patrick Parks
> > www.patrickparks.com
> > patrick at patrickparks.com
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> > 972.354.7712 (Fax)
> > 504.723.6460 (PCS)
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Patrick Parks
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