Syncing a Palm TX with Ubuntu Dapper LTS

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Saturday 22 July 2006 12:10, Dave M G wrote:
> Ubuntu Users,
>
> I have installed gnome-pilot, edited /etc/udev/rules.d/10-udev.rules,
> and basically followed every instruction I could find on the net.
>
> When I plug my Palm Pilot into the USB port, /dev/ttyUSB0 and
> /dev/ttyUSB1 are created, and a symlink called "pilot" is created that
> links to ttyUSB1:
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2006-07-22 23:32 pilot -> ttyUSB1
> crwxrwxrwx 1 root dialout 188, 0 2006-07-22 23:32 ttyUSB0
> crwxrwxrwx 1 root dialout 188, 1 2006-07-22 23:32 ttyUSB1
>
> However, I can not get any kind of response from gome-pilot, j-pilot, or
> pilot-xfer. I have attempted pressing the hotsync button before and
> after doing any action with any of those applications.
>
>
> What might I be missing?

You could be a little more specific with what you tried.

The manual way to do it is like:

1) load kernel module visor (try this with the palm already connected in the 
cable). Just to make sure, you can unload the module, and load it again.

2) make sure the symlink in dev is ok (sometimes the ttyUSB[01] remain locked. 
in this case, the driver will create devices 2 and 3, and so it goes as 
needed, so make sure the link points to the last available)

3) run pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -l

4) press hotsync button in palm device

If all goes well, you should see a list of PDBs currently installed in your 
device (this operation is read-only, so it's safe).

If you can't complete this routine, you must determine at what point it fails. 
Reply with this information.

regards
FF