Help needed syncing Palm Treo 650 with FreeBSD

Aniruddha mailing_list at planet.nl
Sat Mar 10 13:03:00 UTC 2007


Vince wrote:
> I think you misunderstood. /etc/defaults/devfs  contains the defaults.
> you should remove the changes you made from there and create a new 
> /etc/devfs.rules
> with the contents i specified.
Hey be gentle, I am new to FreeBSD :-P . This solved the error message 
but still my Palm doesn't sync.

Here's my new devfs.rules:
/
[system=10]
add path 'ttyU*' mode 0666

/No matter which port I try I can't get my Palm to sync, any help would 
be appreciated!:

/$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU0 --list/
  / Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU0
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU1 --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU1
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU2 --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU2
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU3 --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU3
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU4 --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU4
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU5 --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU5
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU
   Please use --help for more information

$  pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyU* --list
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU*
   Please use --help for more information
/


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