From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 10 14:37:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FB1616A41F for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:37:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A0143D46 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:37:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0AEb3we054744; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:37:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <43C3C67B.5060401@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:36:43 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20060104) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joseph Olatt References: <20060105155118.GH743@115-2.trifle.net> <20060105162656.GA750@115-2.trifle.net> <20060106082156.A14689@eskimo.com> <20060109110313.GI841@115-2.trifle.net> <20060110060451.A28614@eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060110060451.A28614@eskimo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1235/Sun Jan 8 12:13:01 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Eugeny N Dzhurinsky , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Palm Tungsten E2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:37:19 -0000 Joseph Olatt wrote: >On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 01:03:13PM +0200, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky wrote: > > >>On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 08:21:56AM -0800, Joseph Olatt wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:26:56PM +0200, Eugeny N Dzhurinsky wrote: >>> >>> >>>>okay, after rebuilding kernel i was able to connect with JPilot and see some >>>>data. Now I have questions - how can i upload, for example, PDF document or >>>>MP3 file? >>>> >>>> >>>I believe you can convert your mp3 files to .pdb files using the "par" >>>utility (http://handhelds.freshmeat.net/projects/parpdb/). >>> >>>Once you convert them to a .pdb, they can be uploaded onto your palm >>>using the "pilot-xfer" command line program (/usr/ports/palm/pilot-link). >>> >>> >>Well.... >>pilot-xfer -p /dev/ucom0 -i bessonnica.pdb >> >> >>Listening to port: /dev/ucom0 >> >>Please press the HotSync button now... Connected >> >>Installing bessonnica.pdb failed. >>Time elapsed: 0:00:16 >> >> > > >Is it possible that permissions on /dev/ucom0 is causing the failure? >It could be that you as a non-root user is not being able to write to >/dev/ucom0. /dev/ucom0 is created when you press the HotSync button >(on 5.x and above). > >I've had to add the following lines to /etc/devd.conf to get the >permissions right. > >attach 100 { > device-name "ucom0"; > action "chmod 666 /dev/ucom0"; >}; > >Alternatively, you can "chmod 0666 /dev/ucom0" after you press the >HotSync button before running pilot-xfer or, you can run pilot-xfer as >root. > > The device name on more recent versions of FreeBSD (6.0 and up for certain) is /dev/cuaU0 probably. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------