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   Thank you for your response!!  I created the rule, and gave it a try, 
but didn't get the expected response when I typed the pilot-xfer command 
(I tried it as me, and then tried it as root, with the same results [see 
below]).

[nathan at l64-wks ~]$ pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -l
  Unable to bind to port: /dev/pilot
  Please use --help for more information
[nathan at l64-wks ~]$

I'm running FC4 i386_64 on an AMD64 3000+, kernel version 2.6.11-1.  
I've been kindof anal about only installing RPM's available via yum on 
the box (i.e. no installed from source anything, no dorked up libraries, 
etc.).  In short, it's a pretty boring, vanilla install.  The only other 
USB device is a USB Intellimouse Explorer 3.0a.

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Jason Day wrote:

&gt;On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 02:12:45PM -0400, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
&gt;[snip]
&gt;  
&gt;
&gt;&gt;Has anyone had any luck with one of these neat but expensive (and 
&gt;&gt;seemingly useless, if you use Linux) PDA's?
&gt;&gt;    
&gt;&gt;
&gt;
&gt;I don't have a T5, but I've been syncing USB palm devices with linux for
&gt;years.  I use J-Pilot, but all the PIMs (evolution, kontact, etc) are
&gt;going to use pilot-link for the low-level communications with the palm
&gt;device.
&gt;
&gt;What distro are you using?  Modern distros use udev to manage the
&gt;devices in /dev.  The USB device files are created when you start the
&gt;hotsync, and disappear again when the hotsync completes.  This is just
&gt;the way USB works; you just need to configure the permissions on the
&gt;device files.  Assuming you are using udev, you can configure your
&gt;device files by creating a file named 10-visor.rules in
&gt;/etc/udev/rules.d and put the following in it:
&gt;
&gt;BUS=&quot;usb&quot;, SYSFS{product}=&quot;Palm Handheld*&quot;, KERNEL=&quot;ttyUSB[13579]&quot;,
&gt;NAME=&quot;tts/USB%n&quot;, SYMLINK=&quot;pilot&quot;, GROUP=&quot;usb&quot;, MODE=&quot;0666&quot;
&gt;
&gt;That should all be on one line; it tells udev to create the ttyUSB?
&gt;device files with permissions 0666, and creates a symlink from
&gt;/dev/pilot to the correct ttyUSB file (the device file could change if
&gt;you plug in or remove another USB device, like a scanner, digital
&gt;camera, etc).
&gt;
&gt;After you create this file, execute /sbin/udevstart as root.  Make sure
&gt;you don't have any sync daemons like kpilotd, gpilotd, or others running
&gt;(ps aux | grep pilot).  Then tail /var/log/messages, connect your palm,
&gt;and start the hotsync.  Wait for the device files to appear in the log,
&gt;then execute &quot;pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -l&quot; in a terminal.  That command
&gt;will just list the programs and databases installed on your palm, but it
&gt;will let you know whether you can communicate with the palm or not.
&gt;Once that is working, you can move on to evolution or your pim of
&gt;choice.
&gt;  
&gt;


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