Comment 11 for bug 49251

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rsanchez1 (rsanchez1990) wrote : Re: [Bug 49251] Re: tilp doesn't work out of the box with the TI-GRAPH LINK USB cable

I tried the same with the corresponding 64bit packages, but when I sudo tilp
it gives me Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-roberto" is owned by uid 1000 instead
of uid 0. What can I do to fix this?

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:52 PM, rhaag71 <email address hidden> wrote:

> Here is a workaround, and a fairly painless one at that. This will work
> for now, and may help in finding the issue in the future. Basically I
> just installed the deb packages for tilp2 from the calcforge repos.
>
> This is what I did to get tilp2 working on my Intrepid (32bit)
> install...
>
>
> First, if you still have the tilp2 (and dependencies) installed from the
> repos, open synaptic and remove them.
>
> Then goto this site and get the packages needed...
>
> http://repo.calcforge.org/debian/i386/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/
>
> (for a description of each package, click on the 'Packages' link in the
> directory at this site, you
> can download the description file by downloading 'Packages.gz' file)
>
> download the following packages...
>
> libticonv3_1.1.0-1_i386.deb
> libtifiles2-5_1.1.1-1_i386.deb
> libticalcs2-7_1.1.3-1_i386.deb
> libticables2-1_1.2.0-1_i386.deb
>
> gfm_1.02-1_i386.deb
> tilp2_1.12-1_i386.deb
>
> NOTE: I installed all of these in the order listed above
>
> After successful install of the above packages you will have to open a
> terminal and run tilp as sudo
>
> $ sudo tilp
>
> also gfm will run as normal, just type 'gfm' in a term (no quotes :) ).
> It is a file grouper/ungrouper for the TI backups
>
>
> When I get a moment, I will try to compare packages from the calcforge to
> the intrepid repos. I know that two of the Intrepid packages are older
> versions. Tilp2 and I think the other was libticables (which I suspect is
> the prob. anyway).
>
> --
> tilp doesn't work out of the box with the TI-GRAPH LINK USB cable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49251
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in "tilp" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> It requires a module to be built :
> "If you have a SilverLink cable (TI-GRAPH LINK USB), you will need to
> retrieve
>
> a Linux/Win32/Mac OS-X driver on the Linux Programmer Group at
>
> <http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_usb>."
> I could compile it, but it would be far better if it was in the repos.
> Moreover,although the cable is now detected (the name appears when listing
> usb devices), i can't transfer anything through tilp.
> Finally, you need to launch tilp as root to make it work correctly, and as
> a result you have access to root folders where there's nothing (i couldn't
> access any of my regular files)
>
>

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Roberto Sanchez