Googling turned up the following: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-298123-view-previous.html?sid=7f00b2b96c8825e43147c9fddfe05cb6
"try loading module usbcore with "modprobe usbcore old_scheme_first=Y", or if its built in, then, boot with paramter usbcore.old_scheme_first=Y" http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=370812 "well i would assume that these devices are usb2.0,but you're only loading them using one of the usb1.1 modules. run a "modprobe ehci_hcd" to load the usb2 driver and try again. you might want to "rmmod ohci_hcd" to make sure that only the 2.0 driver can be used." http://www.talkaboutsoftware.com/group/linux.kernel/messages/166276.html This one says you need to run MAKEDEV usb, but I'm not sure this needs to occur on a udev box. There is of course the wiki article for evolution, palm, and udev; perhaps the udev stuff will help: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_USB_sync_for_Palm_PDAs_with_Evolution_2.0_and_udev Or a more generic link that has udev/palm example: http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list