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> Jason Day wrote:
> >On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 02:33:17PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> >>Palm -> serial cradle -> serial to usb converter -> usb port
> >>Palm IIIc.  I've also got a Palm VIIx, but no luck with it either.
> >
> >
> >Ok, so it will use the visor driver for syncing.  Have you compiled it
> >into your kernel, or as a module?
> 
> I assume it's called visor.o, yeah, the module's insmod.
> 
> >
> >You will also need a recent version of pilot-link installed.  0.9.x
> >won't work at all, you will need one of the 0.11.x versions for USB
> >syncing to work; 0.11.8 is the latest version.
> 
> 0.11.8 is what I've got.
> 
> >
> >Assuming you have pilot-link 0.11.x installed, try this at a console
> >prompte:
> >
> >    pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1
> 
> I pressed hotsync, then executed:
> 
> pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -l # it want's the port before the -l option
> 
> No go.  I see: Listening to port: /dev/ttyUSB0
> 
> Please press the Hotsync button now....
> 
> Then the palm returns the connection error. :(

Anything in your /var/log/messages or dmesg?  My handspring actually
used /dev/ttyUSB1 while my old Palm3 used /dev/ttyUSB0.  Try hitting the
hotsync button and running "lsusb".  This is from the usbutils package
on debian.


> 
> >
> >Remember that you have to hit the sync button on the cradle first, then
> >start pilot-xfer.  At the very least you should have lots of stuff in
> >your logs.
> 
> I did press the hotsync on the cradle first.
> 
> 
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