On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:49:19AM -0600, Ben Stallings wrote:

[snip]

> 
> Then there's the other unexplained phenomenon in the Bermuda Triangle of my 
> /dev directory.  If I want to hotsync my Handspring Visor, which uses a USB 
> cradle, I have to manually create /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 and give them 
> appropriate rw permissions.  Then, after I use them, they disappear.  
> Sometimes immediately after I use them, sometimes not until I reboot, but 
> they're always gone by the time I reboot.  What's going on there?

These devices are automatically created when you press the hotsync button,
you shouldn't bother creating them yourself.


> 
> Thanks again for all your help! --Ben (Mandrake 8.1)

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