Additional information for Fedora pilot-link users
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pilot-link-0.12.2-10.fc8 and later versions are configured to enable
the use of libusb for console users - permissions are now handled by
PolicyKit. For more information on libusb see README.libusb.
IMPORTANT:
If your Palm device is plugged in at the time of the upgrade (or you
are experiencing difficuly with having the Palm device recognized) you
should probably unplug and replugin in your device after the upgrade
for the new HAL configuration to take effect.
If kernel module 'visor' is activated then the HAL USB solution may not
work - so it may be necessary to remove it manually
(use command /sbin/modprobe visor) or reboot the computer.
pilot-link libusb support is relatively new and may still be
incompatible with some handheld devices. If you experience such a
problem you may want to try the older "visor module" USB method
described below. A long discussion about this problem is at:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280251.
If this discussion does not help you, please report a bug to:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
Visor module setup
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The Visor module is a backwards compatibility solution to expose the USB
connection of newer Palm handhelds as a serial device, which is what
older versions of pilot-link and dependent packages require to work.
Unfortunately this solution is inherently imperfect when used with udev
(as Fedora does) - you may have to tweak your individual setup.
1) disable libusb: remove (or comment out the contents) of
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-visor
2) Configure udev to detect the Palm and create /dev/pilot: copy
60-pilot.rules from /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/ to /etc/udev/rules.d/
3) Configure permissions so that a console user can access /dev/pilot:
copy 60-pilot.perms from /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/ to
/etc/security/console.perms.d/
If your palm is not working you could try to change the symlink
created in 60-pilot.rules - change the tag KERNEL=="ttyUSB[13579]" to
KERNEL=="ttyUSB[02468]".
For a discussion of the inherent problems related to the Visor module,
see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=158809
Old serial (non-USB) handhelds
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Older serial (non-USB) handhelds can be directly addressed by pilot link
on their serial port (e.g. /dev/ttyS0) or /dev/pilot can be symlinked to
the serial port.
Kevin R. Page, 2007-12-11
Alex Lancaster, 2008-01-07
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