FC3 udev and pilot-xfer

[George Avrunin]

I'm using a Treo 90 on a clean install of FC3, with all updates.  I
can't get pilot-xfer or jpilot to work.

I've tried the suggestions about 10-local.rules files without success,
and finally tried using pilot-xfer directly, as root to avoid
permissions problems.

I pressed the sync button on the Treo USB cable, and (after a brief
wait) issued the pilot-xfer command.  It seems to connect, but hangs
after transferring a small file or two; the Treo says that the
connection has been lost.

[udev] 141) pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -b ~/pilot-backup


   Listening to port: /dev/ttyUSB1

   Please press the HotSync button now... Connected

Backing up /root/pilot-backup/Datebk5DB.pdb
Backing up /root/pilot-backup/CityTimeDB.pdb


/var/log/messages shows the device disconnected:

Nov 18 15:56:20 g2 kernel: usb 6-1: new full speed USB device using address 14
Nov 18 15:56:20 g2 kernel: visor 6-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
Nov 18 15:56:20 g2 kernel: usb 6-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Nov 18 15:56:20 g2 kernel: usb 6-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Nov 18 15:56:33 g2 kernel: usb 6-1: USB disconnect, address 14
Nov 18 15:56:33 g2 kernel: visor 6-1:1.0: device disconnected
Nov 18 16:00:22 g2 kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Nov 18 16:00:22 g2 kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1

I'd appreciate any suggestions or pointers.

Thanks,

  George