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Center</application> by selecting
<menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>,
and make sure that <application>Pilot Link</application> is
- properly configured.
+ properly configured. You will need to make sure that you have
+ read and write permissions on the device, which is normally
+ /dev/pilot. If that does not work, check /dev/ttyS0 if you have
+ a serial connection, or /dev/ttyUSB0 for a USB connection. You
+ can do this by becoming root and running the command:
+ <userinput>chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0</userinput>.
</para>
<para>
Once your computer and your Palm-OS device are talking happily