Syncing a Handspring Visor with Ubuntu Warty (was: Mobile phone/PDA combo that will sync with Ubuntu)

[Brian Durant]

 --- H Postma <henkpm at gmail.com> skrev: 
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:25:54 +0100 (CET), Brian
> Durant
> <linuxnewbiedk at yahoo.dk> wrote:
> > First, thanks to all that contributed to the
> mobile
> > phone/PDA discussion. I am still trying to get my
> > Handspring Visor to sync with GNOME Pilot in
> Ubuntu
> > Warty. Nothing happens when the Visor tries to
> > communicate with my PC. I have both a USB HotSync
> > cradle and a serial cable cradle. I haven't has
> any
> > success with either. Anyone have experience with
> this
> > issue? (Newbie alert)
> 
> The first thing to check is if the device shows up
> in /var/log/messages. Do 
>  # sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
> and then connect your pilot and press the hotsync
> button on it. If all
> goes well, it should show up. For my Palm m500 these
> message appears
> 
> Jan 27 17:53:22 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.1:
> Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> Jan 27 17:53:22 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.1:
> Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> 
> So now go to Evolution, Select Tools/Pilot settings/
> 
> 
> If you have never synced with your ubuntu/palm
> combo, it will bring up
> a dialog, select /dev/ttyUSB1
> 
> otherwise just locate the approprate device and
> select /dev/ttyUSB1 as
> the point where it appears. If you have a serial
> port, it will look a
> little different, of course.
> 
> The /dev link is made on the fly whenever the device
> is talking to
> your pc, afterwards it appears. If you want to be
> really proper, you
> can make a symbolic link /dev/pilot to /dev/ttyUSB1
> and have evolution
> look at /dev/pilot (which is the default I think).


I found my serial cradle at /dev/ttyS1. However, when
I try to sync with JPilot, I get the following:

"This palm has a NULL user id. Every palm must have a
unique user id in order to sync properly. If it has
been hard reset, use restore from the menu to restore
it, or use pilot-xfer. To add a user name and ID use
install-user, i.e. install-user "name" 12345. Read the
user manual if you are uncertain."  

Anyone have a clue what all that means? It is true
that I haven't used my Visor since a hard reset where
I lost all of my data (no backup), but I didn't think
it could use an install-user "name". I had slightly
better luck with GNOME Pilot after I set up my profile
with a name. I got my contacts into Entourage and
could export them as VCards, but Thunderbird, which I
use, doesn't handle VCards. Even after setting up a
name in GNOME Pilot, JPilot still gives me the same
message.

Cheers,

Brian