Re: [Bitpim-devel] BitPim on Fedora Linux

[Roger B. <ro...@ro...>]

Roger Skildum wrote:
> I have got the developers version of BitPim running on Fedora Core 1 but
> must still have something wrong.  When I browse the com ports all I see
> is the Inoperable Ports.  When I am able to get BitPim 0.7-test8 running
> I see all the active USB ports, IE: Printer, Scanner, compact disk
> reader, and of course the phone cable.  Any Ideas?

You need to compile the USB support.

You will need to have a recent Swig (at least 1.3.19).  RH9 had an ancient
one - presumably they have their act together with FC1.

> Also can you tell me about the Bug in the Linux 2.4 kernel with the
> future dial cable. 

It is in the usbserial module and causes random kernel panics when
using USB to serial cables.  I believe it was mostly fixed in 2.4.23
(and 2.6).

Roger