> Unfortunately, I can only get the id as root. I *SERIOUSLY* hope you're not running gnome/Evolution as root. > ERROR: Permission denied > Unable to bind to port '/dev/ttyUSB1' > Please use --help for more information Ah, an old version of pilot-link. Change the permissions on /dev/ttyUSB1 and try again as a normal user who can read and write to that port. > I have read the --help and have not found anything that helps. I am a > little scared about changing the permissions on /dev/ttyUSB1. Any help > would be grateful. > got it working only when I run evolution from root. You're scared of changing permissions on a device, but you have no problem running X and Evolution and gnome as root!? Boggle. Change the permissions to 0666 or greater and try that. If you had been running the current version of pilot-link, it would have suggested this as an option for the error you received. d.
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