On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Michael McCabe wrote: > I've just received a Palm Zire the m150 model and I'm having trouble > getting it to sync at all. I'd like to sync using Evolution but the > Connection just times out. I've modprobed the usbserial and visor > kernel modules like the spares documentation that I've seen told me to > do. Any pointers on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated. When you plug in the Zire, and tell it to hotsync, what does /var/log/messages say? Quick checklist: - Make sure you have the hotplug package installed - Make sure you are pointing at the correct port The latter can be a beast - essentially when the connection happens, two USB ports are affected - the valid one is the second one (as shown in /var/log/messages). To test, try using pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSBx -l where "x" is the number of the port reported in /var/log/messages If you get errors about permissions, fix those first. Remember that in a host-slave setup (as it is with USB), the actual device is created only when the master (i.e. the Palm Zire) attempts a connection. It takes a few seconds before the /dev/ttyUSBx becomes valid. I use my Palm Zire71 everyday with FC1, but to this day I have not got Evolution to work reliably with it. Which is why I just continue using jpilot, which has served me well all these years. <flamebait> Seeing the number of problems others have been reporting in this department (evolution), I think the problems won't go away until somone takes gnome-pilot behind the barn and shoots it, then replaces it with something that works reliably for everyone. </flamebait> Atul -- ------------------------------------------- Atul Chitnis | achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxx Exocore Consulting | http://www.exocore.com Bangalore, India | +91 (80) 2344-0397 -------------------------------------------
