FC3 udev and pilot-xfer

Mazli Alias cylon at streamyx.com
Wed Nov 17 15:02:30 UTC 2004


Reinhard Sy wrote:

>Hi
>
>I think I have done all I have found in the archive and documentation to
>get my palm running with FC3 (pilot-xfer and evolution).
>
>1) I created the 10-local.rules which contains:
>
>*rsy at puffin*[23:13][/home/rsy][43]> cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
># For my Palm T2
>KERNEL="ttyUSB1",MODE="666",SYMLINK="pilot"
>
>If I press the hotsync-button of my palm  I get the following messages
>in /var/log/messages:
>
>Nov 15 23:22:17 puffin kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using
>address 9
>Nov 15 23:22:17 puffin kernel: visor 1-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
>converter detected
>Nov 15 23:22:17 puffin kernel: usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
>converter now attached to ttyUSB0
>Nov 15 23:22:17 puffin kernel: usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
>converter now attached to ttyUSB1
>Nov 15 23:22:19 puffin kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in
>attached 9
>
>There is now way to establish an connection to transfer data from an to
>the palm. Also there is not message that the username is
>transfered/verified on the palm. The palm still hangs for approx. 2
>minutes and then displays a message the connection timed out.
>
>If I start pilot-xfer (after pressing the hotsync button on the palm) I
>get the following:
>
>*rsy at puffin*[23:10][/home/rsy][42]> pilot-xfer -b privat/Palm/backup/
>   No $PILOTPORT specified and no -p <port> given.
>   Defaulting to '/dev/pilot'
>
>
>   Listening to port: /dev/pilot
>
>   Please press the HotSync button now...
>
>
>And that's it until I press Ctrl-C ....
>
>I am using a Dell Latitude C800 with USB 1  - does this is the Problem ?
>With FC2 I had no problem with my palm and pilot-xfer.
>
>Thanks for any information to make it runnable
>
>Reinhard
>
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Try  KERNEL="ttyUSB*" , NAME-"%k" , SYMLINK="pilot%e" ...it works for me 
using jpilot but not gpilot.




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