Palm T|X on Fedora 7

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 10:23 -0700, Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
> 
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:13 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> >> Craig White wrote:
> >>> I am struggling trying to make a Palm T|X work on Fedora 7
> >>>
> >>> The problem *may* lie with the fact that in order to make this box work
> >>> (A Dell Optiplex 320), that I have to add 'pci=nomsi acpi=off' kernel
> >>> params on bootup.
> >>>
> >>> udevinfo tells me all about the device.
> >>>
> >>> I can see the device exists when I plug it in and check it via
> >>>
> >>> ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* and
> >>> ls -l /dev/pilot
> >>>
> >>> but even if I try (as root),
> >>>
> >>> pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1 or pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/pilot show
> >>> nothing at all
> >>>
> >>> Is the problem my kernel parameters?
> >>>
> >> It probably isn't your kernel parameters. If it were, then
> >> /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/USB1 most likely not be created. What happens
> >> if you use /dev/ttyUSB0? Or, if you have more then 2 ttyUSB*
> >> entries, try using /dev/ttyUSB2. I don't remember if the T|X uses
> >> the first or second USB serial port that is created when you hit sync...
> > ----
> > OK - didn't know the impact of the kernel params
> > 
> > # ls -l /dev/ttyUSB*
> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 2007-07-17 09:52 /dev/ttyUSB0
> > crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 1 2007-07-17 09:52 /dev/ttyUSB1
> > 
> > and from dmesg...
> > usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6
> > usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> > visor 4-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
> > usb 4-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> > usb 4-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> > 
> > but while the palm is using ttyUSB0/1 - I get nada...
> > 
> > # pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1
> > 
> >    Listening for incoming connection on /dev/ttyUSB1...
> > 
> > # pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB0
> > 
> >    Listening for incoming connection on /dev/ttyUSB0...
> > #
> > 
> > but never anything else  ;-(
> 
> As you can see the device files are owned and writable by only root. 
> There are couple of options that you can try,
> 
> 1. change the permissions on device files as root.
>     # chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB*
> 
>     Try to sync your palm.
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you might note the "#" cli prompt which is typical for user root.

Trying to sync the palm is rather pointless if you can't do a basic
listing of the files on the palm from the pilot-xfer (pilot-link
package) which is the base package that all of the GUI tools
(JPilot/KPilot/GPilot) all use.
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> 
> 2. Review the udev rules for ttyUSB* under /etc/udev/rules.d. It is very 
> likely that the default mode is set to "0660". You can refer to 
> 50-udev.rules file. Here is a link from one of the old RH Magazines.
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/udev/
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I am all over the udev rules - I am a long time palm user but that is
more for 'users' and I am simply trying to communicate with the palm via
pilot-xfer which as stated above, is the basic toolset for accessing a
palm. The udev rules are tilted towards user space and again, I am
trying to work this through as root first.

I am quite certain that this would work with FC-6 but that isn't the
point...there is an issue with F7 and it would help if someone related
what they have done to get a Palm working on F7 - especially one of the
newer 'OS5' Palms

-- 
Craig White <craig at tobyhouse.com>