[solved] udev, Palm PDA, symlink to the second device

Mr.QNo · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 74

Hi all,

I use a Palm Treo 600. When pushing the HotSync button, udev makes two devices, e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1. The second one is appropriate for syncing.

Sometimes, i use a card reader, which shows up as /dev/ttyUSBx. And in future, i'll possibly use still more ttyUSB devices. So i can't rely on ttyUSB1 being the device i need.

So what i want is an udev rule producing a /dev/pilot symlink pointing to the right device, regardless which number it has. I found some rules that link to the highest ttyUSB device with odd numbers or with even numbers, but those rules are inappropriate, because i really can't make any predictions about that number.

Is this possible with udev? Might it be necessary to use an external program additionaly?

TIA
Chris

jamapii · l33t Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 637

I found this

Headrush · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject:

Or for any USB device in general, use lsusb to find the idVendor and idProduct and add a rule like this

Mr.QNo · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 74

That's the trick! I never had thought about making symlinks of both devices! Thanks a lot!

J3N7iL · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject:

Mr.QNo

It sounds like your accessing the Palm like a external HD
I have a Palm zire, is it possible to access the device without software?
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