Re: linux development

Roger,

>
>>I am using an LG VX6000 with the FutureDial usb-to-serial cable.
>
>You really should have got a straight USB cable.
>
Dumb question: How would that work?  I looked at both ends of a straight USB 
cable and the end of my phone and I felt like I would be putting a square 
peg in a round hole.  Did I miss something?


>>Is there an easy way to run a subset of the Bitpim code?
>
>No need.  Plug your cable in.  Then from user space C code see if you
>can work out which USB device is attached to /dev/usb/ttyUSB0.  Also
>see if you can be notified when the cable gets plugged in.
>
>Lastly I need to be able to "diagnose" open fails on that device.  That
>means telling the difference between permissions issues, the device not
>existing at all, someone else having it open etc.
>
>BTW you can run comscan.py by itself.  There is also a usbscan.py.
>Run the build script in native/usb if you want to run the latter.
>

Alright.  I'll hack up something in 'C' and see what happens.  Give me a few 
days (gotta find some time to sit down for a few hours).

Cheers,
Don




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