I suggest that the app-pda/synce package will include a udev rule and script that automatically connect a Pocket PC PDA once it's plugged. This has already been suggested in bug #73951, but was resolved INVALID because the solution was implemented as a hotplug usermap. The udev rule is: DRIVER="ipaq", NAME="ipaq", SYMLINK="tts/USB%n", GROUP="tty", MODE="0600" I will attach the script (/etc/dev.d/ipaq/synce.dev) in a moment.
Created attachment 58935 [details] iPAQ conncetion script This is the connection script, should reside in /etc/dev.d/ipaq/synce.dev.
I had to add /sbin before modprobe in synce-serial-start to make it work
Is anyone giving a look at this? If it needs to be tested, please report and will test. If now, what's the problem? Thanks and cheers.
My system emerged udev-068-r1 during a 'emerge -Dub world'. Now my ipaq will no longer connect when plugged in to the usb cable. Also, my system seems to be schizophrenic now. The other day (~3 days ago) my system was creating /dev/ttyUSB0 every once in a while and it would sometimes remove /dev/ttyUSB0 even if it did not create it. But, my system would never load the ipaq module and never run synce-serial-start. I had to load the module and run synce-serial-start manually. Now today, my system created /dev/tts/USB0 and /dev/ipaq ONCE. When I pulled the ipaq out of the cradle /dev/tts/USB0 and /dev/ipaq were removed but when I put the ipaq back in... nothing. /dev/tts/USB0 and /dev/ipaq were not created, and synce-serial-start never ran. Nothing was changed on my system between the time I pulled the ipaq from the cradle and put it back in. I've tried disconnecting the ipaq, unloading the usbserial and ipaq modules then reconnecting the ipaq but the modules don't load, the devices are not created and synce-serial-start does not run. I've tried leaving the ipaq connected and unloading then reloading the usbserial and ipaq modules but the devices are not created and synce-serial-start does not run. I've tried just disconnecting then reconnecting my ipaq but the devices are not created and synce-serial-start does not run. On my system, /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules contains the udev rule for the ipaq and I have the /etc/dev.d/ipaq/synce.dev connection script. My copy of synce-serial-start had a bare modprobe in it and I modified it to list the absolute path to modprobe but naturally with udev being schizophrenic and probably brain dead I didn't expect it to work. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! I left my ipaq connected while writing this and /dev/ipaq did not exist. I tried to copy a backup of the ttyUSB0 device file to /dev/ipaq just now and cp reported "cannot stat `ipaq': Too many levels of symbolic links". /dev/ipaq now exists on my system but is a symbolic link to itself. WTF! I removed the ipaq symbolic link and copied the ttyUSB0 device file to /dev/ipaq and ran synce-serial-start. My ipaq successfully connected so I know it is not an synce, module or pppd problem. Here is the output from 'genlop udev': * sys-fs/udev Thu Jul 15 11:23:19 2004 >>> sys-fs/udev-025-r1 Fri Sep 10 09:54:52 2004 >>> sys-fs/udev-030 Thu Nov 11 12:58:02 2004 >>> sys-fs/udev-043 Wed Nov 24 10:45:08 2004 >>> sys-fs/udev-045 Thu Jun 9 00:54:10 2005 >>> sys-fs/udev-056 Wed Jul 20 18:24:42 2005 >>> sys-fs/udev-058 Fri Sep 16 00:27:16 2005 >>> sys-fs/udev-068-r1 ----- And 'emerge info': Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 Unknown CPU Type Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wl,-z,now" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/X11/*/app-defaults /etc/X11/app-defaults /etc/X11/gdm /etc/X11/rstart/rstartd.real /etc/X11/serverconfig /etc/X11/starthere /etc/X11/sysconfig /etc/X11/xdm /etc/X11/xdm/chooser /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example /etc/gconf /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules /etc/hotplug /etc/init.d /etc/openldap/schema /etc/sound/event /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/X11 /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -m3dnow -mmmx -msse -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wl,-z,now" DISTDIR="/usr/local/share/data/pub/linux/gentoo/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="en_US" LINGUAS="en" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/cache/portage-cpan /usr/local/share/data/pub/linux/gentoo/portage /usr/local/share/data/pub/linux/gentoo/portage-bmg" SYNC="rsync://sv01.elling.local/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowext X Xaw3d acl alsa apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bonobo browserplugin cddb cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl dbus dga divx4linux dv dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evms2 evo fam flac foomaticdb gd gdbm gif gnome gnome2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 irmc java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal ldap libg++ libwww live mad mmx mmx2 mmxext motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mysql nas ncurses network nvidia offensive ofx ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime quotes rdesktop readline samba scanner sdl slp spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales v4l v4l2 visualization vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib linguas_en userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS -----
(In reply to comment #0) > I suggest that the app-pda/synce package will include a udev rule and script > that automatically connect a Pocket PC PDA once it's plugged. > This has already been suggested in bug #73951, but was resolved INVALID because > the solution was implemented as a hotplug usermap. > > The udev rule is: > DRIVER="ipaq", NAME="ipaq", SYMLINK="tts/USB%n", GROUP="tty", MODE="0600" > > I will attach the script (/etc/dev.d/ipaq/synce.dev) in a moment. > shouldn't it be DRIVER=="ipaq" instead of just one =?
Created attachment 88931 [details] UDEV rules I would like to suggest that this udev rule file is added instead. It works perfectly for me, and using the KDE applet, automatically mounts my ipaq.
(In reply to comment #6) > Created an attachment (id=88931) [edit] > UDEV rules Uhm, this matches any ttyUSB* device. You should add something like DRIVERS!="ipaq" there or whatever, not really sure what exactly as I don't have any such device.
can this be closed in favour of synce-hal?
mescalinum: I think this can be closed because of synce-hal :)
is this still a issue? it's not even clear which version of synce this is referring to. probably better to open a new bug with current buildlogs, if you ever feel the need ;)
