Re: [tlug] I'm a glutton for punishment - Palm Pilot and Ubuntu Dapper LTS connectivity

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Dave" == Dave M G <Dave> writes:

    Dave> root@example.com:~# pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 --list
    Dave>    Listening to port: /dev/ttyUSB1
    Dave>    Please press the HotSync button now... Connected
    Dave>    Error read system info on /dev/ttyUSB1

The "Connected" happens *after* you press the hotsync button, right?
And it doesn't happen if you wait for 15 seconds?

Does pilot-xfer have a "verbose" or "debug" switch?  That might give
more information about what it's doing.

    >> Finally, when it automatically disconnects, what do the logs
    >> say in /var/log/messages?

    Dave> When the hotsync times out, it disconnects, and then reconnects:

    Dave> Jul 25 12:04:33 localhost kernel: [17347296.688000] visor 2-1.1:1.0: 
    Dave> device disconnected
    Dave> Jul 25 12:04:33 localhost kernel: [17347297.148000] usb 2-1.1: new full 
    Dave> speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 47

That looks like when it comes back up it is not being recognized as a
Palm device (which uses the "visor" driver).  That's probably not a
problem since you say hotsync has already timed out---it fits with
Jim's/Godwin's discussion about "changing personality".

I noticed that in your first post you had some traffic about "Unknown
Output" from vmnet.  Is that a red herring, or have you seen it again?
I wonder if it is possible that something (vmware?) is "stealing" data
from your usb bus?

    Dave> It does have to be something. I've been searching on the
    Dave> 'net, and in user groups of all kinds I keep finding
    Dave> messages of people reporting an identical problem, but no
    Dave> responses. Other people post back saying "It worked for me".

Are they using the same OS?  Are they using the same user software
(kpilot, etc)?  Do they have the same model of Palm?  etc etc.

At this point you've not got much left but "machigae sagashi", so any
kind of flimsy guesswork is better than nothing....

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