JonEberger Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 (edited) Hi Guys, I did a search and saw that there was a previous post about using a TI graphing calculator with Linux. I had already done pretty much everything that was posted in that thread. So here I am with more information and the hope of more success than I've had on my own. I own a TI-89 graphing calculator and I have the SilverLink USB connection which connects the old style connection (looks like a stereo-mini plug) to USB. Basically there is a little mobo in the cable which converts the signals appropriately. I can make this work under Windows, but again, I don't want to use it under Windows. I want to use it under Linux. I'm current running (gasp!, I know!) Fedora 7. I gave the "yum install tilp" command after visiting the appropriate website and adding teh appropriate repositiories. It installed and loads easily. However, I don't think I'm getting permissions to the appropriate usb ports. So I remember what I had to do to get my Palm to sync with my box. I looked around and found where someone else had added the following rules to /etc/udev/rules in the file 025_ticables.rules BUS=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0451",SYSFS{idProduct}=="e001", MODE="660" BUS=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0451",SYSFS{idProduct}=="e003", MODE="660" BUS=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0451",SYSFS{idProduct}=="e004", MODE="660" BUS=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0451",SYSFS{idProduct}=="e008", MODE="660" If I'm right, I think this is telling udev to look in the USB ports for vendor IDs of 0451 and product IDs of e001. It's then saying chmod 660 for these devices. When I issue the /sbin/lsusb command I get /sbin/lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0451:e001 Texas Instruments, Inc. GraphLink Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 009: ID 0b97:7762 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 SmartCard Reader Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 . which is good because I definitely see the vendor and product IDs I'm looking for. When I filter dmesg through grep for 'usb' I get the following usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs usbcore: registered new interface driver hub usbcore: registered new device driver usb usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2: device descriptor read/all, error -71 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5 usb 1-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2.3.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6 usb 1-2.3.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2 usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 2 usb 1-2.3.2:1.0: suspend usb 1-2.3.2: suspend, may wakeup usb 1-2.3: suspend, may wakeup usb 1-2: suspend, may wakeup usb usb5: suspend, may wakeup usb usb4: suspend, may wakeup usb usb3: suspend, may wakeup usb usb2: suspend, may wakeup usb usb1: suspend, may wakeup usb usb1: root hub lost power or was reset usb usb2: root hub lost power or was reset usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset usb usb4: root hub lost power or was reset usb usb1: resuming usb usb2: resuming usb usb3: resuming usb usb4: resuming usb usb5: resuming usb 1-2: resuming usb_endpoint usbdev1.4_ep00: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2 still 2 usb_endpoint usbdev1.4_ep81: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2:1.0 still 2 usb_device usbdev1.4: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2 still 2 usb 1-2.3: PM: resume from 2, parent 1-2 still 2 usb 1-2.3: resuming usb_endpoint usbdev1.5_ep00: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3 still 2 usb_endpoint usbdev1.5_ep81: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3:1.0 still 2 usb_device usbdev1.5: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3 still 2 usb 1-2.3.2: PM: resume from 2, parent 1-2.3 still 2 usb 1-2.3.2: resuming usb_endpoint usbdev1.6_ep00: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3.2 still 2 usb 1-2.3.2:1.0: PM: resume from 2, parent 1-2.3.2 still 2 usb 1-2.3.2:1.0: resuming usb_endpoint usbdev1.6_ep03: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3.2:1.0 still 2 usb_endpoint usbdev1.6_ep82: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3.2:1.0 still 2 usb_endpoint usbdev1.6_ep81: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3.2:1.0 still 2 usb_device usbdev1.6: PM: resume from 0, parent 1-2.3.2 still 2 Restarting tasks ... <6>usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 4 usb 1-2.3: USB disconnect, address 5 usb 1-2.3.2: USB disconnect, address 6 usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7 usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 8 usb 1-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-2.3.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 9 usb 1-2.3.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 3 usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice which seems to indicate that it is seen. When I look at /dev using the 'ls -lh /dev' command I see that all my usb devices are owned by root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev1.1_ep00 -> bus/usb/1/1_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev1.1_ep81 -> bus/usb/1/1_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.7_ep00 -> bus/usb/1/7_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.7_ep81 -> bus/usb/1/7_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.8_ep00 -> bus/usb/1/8_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.8_ep81 -> bus/usb/1/8_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.9_ep00 -> bus/usb/1/9_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.9_ep03 -> bus/usb/1/9_ep/03 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.9_ep81 -> bus/usb/1/9_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 18:54 usbdev1.9_ep82 -> bus/usb/1/9_ep/82 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev2.1_ep00 -> bus/usb/2/1_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev2.1_ep81 -> bus/usb/2/1_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 19:11 usbdev2.4_ep00 -> bus/usb/2/4_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 19:11 usbdev2.4_ep02 -> bus/usb/2/4_ep/02 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 19:11 usbdev2.4_ep81 -> bus/usb/2/4_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev3.1_ep00 -> bus/usb/3/1_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev3.1_ep81 -> bus/usb/3/1_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev4.1_ep00 -> bus/usb/4/1_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev4.1_ep81 -> bus/usb/4/1_ep/81 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev5.1_ep00 -> bus/usb/5/1_ep/00 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-09-11 17:45 usbdev5.1_ep81 -> bus/usb/5/1_ep/81 . So when I run tilp (as root or not) I cannot see the calculator. I've looked on Ubuntuforums and even the post on this forum seems to suggest that it's not done horrendously. What am I missing? Is there anything I should be looking for? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, as always, Jon [moved from Laptops & Portable Devices by spinynorman] Edited September 12, 2007 by spinynorman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEberger Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 (edited) So I changed the name of the udev/rules.d to 25_ticables.rule instead of 025_ticables.rule. No change in reaction. If I run it as root in the console I see the output TiLP2 - Version 1.07, (C) 1999-2006 Romain Lievin THIS PROGRAM COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION FOR DETAILS built on Sep 2 2007 01:07:05 ticables-INFO: ticables library version 1.0.9 ticables-INFO: kernel: 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 tifiles-INFO: tifiles library version 1.0.7 ticalcs-INFO: ticalcs library version 1.0.7 ticables-INFO: Check for lib-usb support: ticables-INFO: usb support: available. ticables-INFO: Check for lib-usb usability: ticables-INFO: usb filesystem (/dev/bus/usb/): mounted Jon Edited September 12, 2007 by JonEberger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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