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Whoops. I just noticed that I missed out on a huge bit of my log on the "switching" of USB ports. Here's the log:
using address 21
Jun 21 03:48:14 portablepoch kernel: usbserial 2-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
Jun 21 03:48:14 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
Jun 21 03:48:14 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
Jun 21 03:48:19 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 21
Jun 21 03:48:19 portablepoch kernel: usbserial 2-2:1.0: device disconnected
Jun 21 03:48:20 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using address 22
Jun 21 03:48:20 portablepoch kernel: usbserial 2-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
Jun 21 03:48:20 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB2 (or usb/tts/2 for devfs)
Jun 21 03:48:20 portablepoch kernel: usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB3 (or usb/tts/3 for devfs)
It kept on switching from ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 to ttyUSB2 and ttyUSB3 (notice the last few addresses 21 and 22). Strange though, as I just tried it again, and it consistently connected at ttyUSB1. Will have to monitor this further, but for now it works!
Maybe I just needed sleep at 3:48am...
dex
Would just like to note that I've sorta figured out why my Zire 72 keeps switching /dev/ttyUSB#. Well, not exactly "why" but "when". When I first connect my Zire 72, it turns on, gets detected and connects as /dev/ttyUSB1. The problem is when it automatically shuts off. At the time the Zire72 shuts off, /var/log/messages doesn't show it disconnecting. The only time it disconnects is when I try to HotSync, in which case, it now connects to /dev/ttyUSB3 and disconnects /dev/ttyUSB1.
So my only solution is to keep my Palm on so that it "keeps" it's /dev/ttyUSB1 connection. Or turn on and off the Palm to try and get it at /dev/ttyUSB1 connection.
Strange really. My only thought is, is this a weirdness of my Palm or with the kernel and USB devices that shutoff (sorta like pulling a usb key without unmounting?).
dex
