Help: KPilot and Palm Tungsten T3 initial setup

[Jeff Vian]

Paul Thompson wrote:

>Hi, Is there anyone on the list who is familiar with kpilot and palm pilots? I 
>have just bought a Tungsten T3 and am trying to set it up to run under FC2.
>
>After connecting the device the var/log/messages seems to report Two usb 
>connections, one on ttyUSB0 and the other on ttyUSB1. (See log below) I've 
>tried both to no avail.
>
>Kpilot log shows an attempt to connect to ttyUSB0, but says it is not 
>read-write. The commandline test as per the kpilot tests at the portal report 
>a similar lack of connection in the shell.
>
>I've checked the KDE and kpilot sites and the kpilot user guide.
>
>Does anyone have any hints?
>  
>
Try  ttyUSB1.  Often if one does not work then the other will, and AFAIK 
there as yet seems to be no way to predict which is correct so you have 
a 50/50 chance on the first attempt.

This is discussed a lot on the jpilot list.
http://www.jpilot.org/

>Cheers
>Paul
>mailto:fiction at bigpond.net.au
>
>ps. copy of the two logs follow ...
>
>I tailed my /var/log/messages and got this as the device connected:
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Jun 19 16:56:11 localhost kernel: usb 1-4.3: new full speed USB device using 
>address 8
>Jun 19 16:56:11 localhost kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:02:0e.2: qh 1e543500 (#0) 
>state 1
>Jun 19 16:56:11 localhost kernel: usbserial 1-4.3:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
>OS converter detected
>Jun 19 16:56:11 localhost kernel: usb 1-4.3: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
>converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
>Jun 19 16:56:11 localhost kernel: usb 1-4.3: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
>converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
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>
>Kpilot Log Follows:
>-------------------------------
>Version: KPilot 4.4.1
>Version: pilot-link 0.11.8
>Version: KDE 3.2.2-3 Red Hat
>Version: Qt 3.3.2
>HotSync Log
>KPilot has been reported to cause data loss. Please check with 
>kdepim-users at kde.org.
>16:51:23  Starting the KPilot daemon ...
>16:51:23  Daemon status is `'
>16:51:23  Pilot device /dev/ttyUSB0 is not read-write.
>16:51:24  Trying to open device /dev/ttyUSB0...
>16:51:24  Could not open device: /dev/ttyUSB0 (will retry)
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