Re: [Fink-users] J-Pilot on MacOS X

[Alexander S. <mrv...@ma...>]

On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 08:14  AM, Lucas K. Mathis wrote:

> I'm trying to get J-Pilot to recognize my Palm under MacOS X. I've set
> the device to /dev/tty.KeyUSA19181.1 (I'm using a Keyspan USB adapter, I
> found that file in the /dev/ directory, and keyspan seems to suggest
> that it's the correct one:
> <http://www.keyspan.com/support/macosx/usa/KeyspanUSAreleasenotes.rtf>).
>
> But when I try to sync with the Palm, I get
>
>> *******************
>> Syncing on device /dev/tty.keyUSA19181.1
>> Press the HotSync button now
>> *******************
>> pi_bind No such file or directory
>> Check your serial port and settings
>> exiting with status -10
>
> When I try to sync again, I get
>
>> J-Pilot: sync PID = 19927
>> J-Pilot: press the hotsync button on the cradle or "kill 19927"
>
> but pressing the hotsync button doesn't do anything, and the Palm will
> eventually timeout. Any pointers to what went wrong? What files in the
> /dev/ directory are the USB-ports? They seem to be named different from
> other Unix versions. I tried to find documentation about that on the web,
> but wasn't able to dig out anything useful, and the Linux/Solaris/AIX
> info doesn't seem to apply to MacOS X in this respect.
>
Darwin has a stupid devfs system. All disks are /dev/disk* , no matter 
what type. Non-disk USB things don't get a /dev entry.