Problems syncing my Palm with Linux

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Sat, 13 May 2006 01:16:13 -0400
David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:

> Anyone know of any good mailing lists/websites/IRC channels
> for the Palm and Linux?  The pilot-link website has almost no
> documentation, and the mailing list is completely dead.  I even tried
> the IRC channel a few times and got no answers.
> 
> My current problem:.  I'm trying to sync my brand spankin new Palm TX
> under SuSE
> 10.0 and pilot-link-0.11.8-129.  I've tried several programs, and I get
> variants on the same error.
> 
> deepthink:~ # jpilot
> PC ID is 0.
> I generated a new PC ID.  It is 1424254858
> dlp_ReadSysInfo error
> Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_READSYSINFO
> Finished
> 
> deepthink:~ # pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -L
>    Listening to port: /dev/ttyUSB0
>    Please press the HotSync button now... Connected
>    Error read system info on /dev/ttyUSB0
> 
> 
> Note: When I connect my sync cable, /var/log/messages gets:
> May 10 19:54:06 deepthink kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device
> using uhci_hcd and address 23
> May 10 19:54:06 deepthink kernel: visor 3-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter detected
> May 10 19:54:06 deepthink kernel: usb 3-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
> converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> May 10 19:54:06 deepthink kernel: usb 3-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
> converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> 
> Am I to specify /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1 to connect?
I have a TREO650.. It syncs using /dev/ttyUSB1
usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 10
usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for
Generic usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0
drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for
Handspring Visor / Palm OS drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial
support registered for Sony Clie 3.5 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c:
USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 5.0 visor 2-1:1.0:
Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected usb 2-1: Handspring
Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 usb 2-1: Handspring
Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 usbcore: registered
new driver visor drivers/usb/serial/visor.c: USB HandSpring Visor /
Palm OS driver v2.1
...
visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected
from ttyUSB0 visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now
disconnected from ttyUSB1 visor 2-1:1.0: device disconnected

I can get frustrating. 
Here is one forum that I used:
http://discussion.treocentral.com

This is a kernel patch that was recommended. I subsequently found that
this was not necessary, but you may want to adapt it to your TX.

#define PALM_TREO650_ID 0x0061

to /usr/src/linux-2.6.9/drivers/usb/serial/visor.h and adding

{ USB_DEVICE(PALM_VENDOR_ID, PALM_TREO650_ID),
.driver_info = (kernel_ulong_t)&palm_os_4_probe },

to the id_table[] structure (yes, palm_os_4), and

{ USB_DEVICE(PALM_VENDOR_ID, PALM_TREO650_ID) },

to the id_table_combined[] structure in visor.c (in the same
directory). (You also have to configure the kernel to compile the visor
module, under USB serial drivers.)


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