is the visor kernel module loading? modprobe visor, and edit
/etc/sysconfig/usb

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 22:08, Rob Blomquist wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 February 2003 08:12 pm, Jack Coates wrote:
> > how about pilot-xfer -l? If that works, you know pilot-link is
> > doing its job... however, this is all terribly buggy territory and
> > has been for years and probably isn't going to get unbuggy any time
> > soon. pilot-link usually works pretty well, note that it's up to
> > version 0.11.7 now. Programs that work closely with it like jpilot
> > work. gnome-pilot and kpilot are generally not likely to work
> > reliably.
> 
> Well, I set up pilot-xfer and ran pilot-xfer --port /dev/ttyUSB1 
> --backup /home/robbo/visor/ and it should have listened to 
> /dev/ttyUSB1 where the message logs indicate that the Visor is 
> connected to. But it never saw /dev/ttyUSB1 (I am running devfs...but 
> old style addresses are still symlinked).
> 
> J-Pilot did not see it either.
> 
> I am currently running pilot-link-0.11.3-2mdk, I attempted to upgrade 
> to 0.11.7 from source, but was unable to compile it, as I would have 
> had to rebuild too much of my machine.
> 
> The logs from the recent test are basically like before. usbserial 
> gives /dev/ttyUSB0 and 1 to the visor for use, and pilot-xfer, 
> KPilot, JPilot and the like miss the connection. Is something else 
> necessary to be running?
> 
> Any ideas? 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 18:57, Rob Blomquist wrote:
> > > I am suffering with KPilot on Mandrake 9.0, running the rpms from
> > > Mandrake of KDE 3.1.0.
> > >
> > > KPilot appears to be trying to access /dev/ttyUSB0 (as I have
> > > told it to), but it cant find it. the Kernel log is showing that
> > > the visor is bound to /dev/ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1, but the 2 are not
> > > communicating. And quite frankly it doesn't matter if I tell it
> > > ttyUSB1 either. There is still no connect.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me why this isn't working?
> > >
> > > The full logs appear below:
> > > Version: KPilot 4.3.6 (3_1_BRANCH)
> > > Version: pilot-link 0.11.3
> > > Version: KDE 3.1.0
> > > Version: Qt 3.1.1
> > >
> > > HotSync Log
> > >
> > > 21:52:24  Pilot device  /dev/ttyUSB0 doesn't exist. Assuming the
> > > device uses DevFS.
> > > 21:52:25  Trying to open device...
> > > 21:52:25  Could not open device:  /dev/ttyUSB0 (will retry)
> > > 21:53:45  HotSyncing. Please press the HotSync button.
> > >
> > > /var/log/messages:
> > >
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on
> > > bus2/3, assigned device number 6
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter detected
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: Number
> > > of ports: 2
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 1,
> > > is for Generic use and is bound to ttyUSB0
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 2,
> > > is for HotSync use and is bound to ttyUSB1
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
> > > Feb 17 21:51:44 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
> > > Feb 17 21:51:45 timmy2 kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there
> > > is a disc in the drive.
> > > Feb 17 21:51:45 timmy2 kernel: Device busy for revalidation
> > > (usage=1) Feb 17 21:51:48 timmy2 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup
> > > visor for USB product 82d/100/100
> > > Feb 17 21:52:37 timmy2 kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 6
> > > Feb 17 21:52:37 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
> > > Feb 17 21:52:37 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on
> > > bus2/3, assigned device number 7
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter detected
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: Number
> > > of ports: 2
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 1,
> > > is for Generic use and is bound to ttyUSB0
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 2,
> > > is for HotSync use and is bound to ttyUSB1
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: Device not ready.  Make sure there
> > > is a disc in the drive.
> > > Feb 17 21:53:40 timmy2 kernel: Device busy for revalidation
> > > (usage=1) Feb 17 21:53:43 timmy2 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup
> > > visor for USB product 82d/100/100
> > > Feb 17 21:54:32 timmy2 kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 7
> > > Feb 17 21:54:32 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
> > > Feb 17 21:54:32 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor
> > > converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
> > >
> > > And during the same period KPilot is reporting:
> > >
> > > Version: KPilot 4.3.6 (3_1_BRANCH)
> > > Version: pilot-link 0.11.3
> > > Version: KDE 3.1.0
> > > Version: Qt 3.1.1
> > >
> > > HotSync Log
> > >
> > > 21:52:24  Pilot device  /dev/ttyUSB0 doesn't exist. Assuming the
> > > device uses DevFS.
> > > 21:52:25  Trying to open device...
> > > 21:52:25  Could not open device:  /dev/ttyUSB0 (will retry)
> > > 21:53:45  HotSyncing. Please press the HotSync button.
-- 
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...


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