Re: [Evolution] Pilot Link Finally Working!

[Benjamin Kahn <xkahn zoned net>]

Ben,
     Huh.  I thought this was in the FAQ.  (I just looked, and it
isn't.)  Anyway, it should also be possible to enable the serial port in
the BIOS configuration screens.  I'll make sure this information is
added to the Ximian support site.

On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 20:42, Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> I've asked this list several times (probably more than 5) for help
> synching my pilot. After long last I got it working so I figured I'd
> explain what was going on.
>
> I got this IBM ThinkPad 600E in 1999. Pilot synch worked fine in Windows
> but never once in linux.
>
> When setting up the pilot in the control center, it would always act as
> though the serial cable were unpluged---I changed permissions, etc. but
> nothing.
>
> It turned out that the serial port was disabled. The only way to fix
> this is using a DOS program called ps2.exe which is available from IBM
> as part of a self-extracting EXE, uttcpdos.exe. I was able to use DOSemu
> to create a boot disk, extract uttcpdos.exe, and copy ps2.exe onto a
> floppy.
>
> Rebooting into DOS for real (not dosemu), running 
> A:\> ps2 serial on
> then
> A:\> ps2 sera enable
> [sic]
> and then rebooting into Linux, everything just plian worked.
>
> Some of this stuff is speciffic to a family of ThinkPads, but in
> general, if your computer is acting like it's not connected to the
> pilot, hunt around (I recomend google groups) and see if your ports
> aren't disabled.
>
> --Ben