Re: [tlug] Here we go with the Palm Pilot

[Edward Middleton <edward@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote:
> Edward,
>   
>> Make sure you have pressed the hotsync button first[
>>     
> Actually, I mentioned this in my first post:
> "Further, I'm led to believe that there should be a ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 
> file created in the /dev directory when I press the sync button on my 
> palm. I don't see them there."
>
> But, to do as you suggest:
> dave@example.com:~$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB{0,1}
> ls: /dev/ttyUSB0: No such file or directory
> ls: /dev/ttyUSB1: No such file or directory
>
> This is obviously a rather critical problem.
> But what's the deal there, because according to the following output, 
> the Palm Pilot is, indeed, on ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1:
>   
Well I suspect it is one of two problems, firstly the driver is no
working with the device,  or udev is misconfigured and is not creating
the nodes.  Try creating static device nodes. i.e.

# mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0
# mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1

If it is a udev problem then creating static device nodes should work.
> dave@example.com:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
> Apr  7 13:06:49 localhost kernel: [4374398.703000] usb 2-1.1: new full
> speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
> Apr  7 13:06:50 localhost kernel: [4374398.797000] visor 2-1.1:1.0:
> Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
> Apr  7 13:06:50 localhost kernel: [4374398.798000] usb 2-1.1: Handspring
> Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> Apr  7 13:06:50 localhost kernel: [4374398.798000] usb 2-1.1: Handspring
> Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> Apr  7 13:07:18 localhost kernel: [4374426.957000] usb 2-1.1: USB
> disconnect, address 6
> Apr  7 13:07:18 localhost kernel: [4374426.957000] visor ttyUSB0:
> Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
> Apr  7 13:07:18 localhost kernel: [4374426.957000] visor ttyUSB1:
> Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
> Apr  7 13:07:18 localhost kernel: [4374426.957000] visor 2-1.1:1.0:
> device disconnected
>   
I agree this tends to suggest it is not a device problem but I don't
have any devices using a usb-to-rs232 interface so I can't tell you what
you should find see in the logs.  I presume when you type

# lsmod

visor is listed.

Edward