[lug] PalmPilot StarOffice Schedler Problem

[Bob Collins]

"Jeffery D. Collins" wrote:

Thanks Jeff.  

I was had to change the permissions on /dev/ttyS0 not /dev/ttys0.

> 
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 10:37:03PM -0600, Bob Collins wrote:
> > I have been able to sync StarOffice Scheduler to my Palmpilot for about
> > a year.
> >
> > Several weeks ago, I accidentally shut my laptop off with out logging
> > out.  Fsck ran when I booted up and fixed some problems.  I got an error
> > from a kde configuration file which I deleted and things seem to be OK.
> > This is the only thing I can think of that may have caused my problem,
> > but you know how that goes.
> >
> > I tried to sync my PalmPilot today.  It timed out.  I went into
> > Schedule; Tools; PalmPilot Hotsync Configuration and saw "Place port in
> > synchronization readiness" not checked.  I check it and clicked OK.
> > This gave me the StarOffice 5.2 error "StarOffice Sync could not find
> > the interface given.  Please check the settings."  Port = /dev/pilot &
> > Baud = 9600.
> 
> It sounds like a serial port problem.
> 
> You should find that /dev/pilot is a symbolic link to one of the
> serial ports, such as /dev/ttyS0.  Since your modem works, check to
> see that /dev/pilot matches that of the modem port.  Check
> permissions on the port to ensure your application has rw access.
> Occasionally I find that some applications narrow the permissions.
> 
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