Hi Graeme, All When I get to the stage of "adding" a user to the palm, the install-user command is run, it connects and then says "Please hit the HotSync button"...however the HotSync button was already pressed in order to get it to connect to the interface???
Also I assume that the install-user command installs a user so that the palm will only talk with that user on the linux system, but what if I want to use the palm at the office and at home?? Do I need to have the same username install on both linux machines? Cheers, Adam. On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:49, Graeme Robinson wrote: > I posted last week re: this device and didn't get any comment. > I've just got it working and thought I'd let people know in case they were > interested. > > Support for the Zire device is provided by the visor usb module, but isn't > built into that module before kernel 2.4.20. > > As I have been kicking along on 2.4.14 I thought I may as well go to the > latest stable, downloaded the full kernel-source, configured, compiled and > installed the new kernel. > > I'm happy to report the Zire is synchronising happily and that it's a very > nice compact device - I'm soooo happy to be rid of battery replacement. > > Details of setup with jpilot follow for those interested: > > version requirements: > - pilot-link 0.11.3 or newer http://www.pilot-link.org; > - jpilot .99.2 or newer (older versions may work - this is what I have) > - patched or visor module from 2.4.20 > > note: > The pilot-link, pilot-xfer and jpilot programs that come with rh8.0 are > fine but the visor module isn't. > > 1. I went from a serial palm to this USB palm so I created the following > links in /dev: > /dev/pilot -> /dev/ttyUSB1 > /dev/palm -> /dev/ttyUSB1 > > 2. In jpilot preferences set link to /dev/pilot > > 3. Configure and compile kernel source as normal - make sure under > usb-serial devices that support the visor & palm devices is enabled. > Build, install etc. > > 4. to confirm the module is recognising the device on reboot, open a sudo > tail -f /var/log/messages, connect the Zire to the USB port and turn it on > and hit the hotsync button. > You should see: > > 4.x converter detected > Feb 10 12:10:49 localhost kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / > Cli 4.x: Number of ports: 2 > Feb 10 12:10:49 localhost kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / > Cli 4.x: port 1, is for Generic use and is bound to ttyUSB0 > Feb 10 12:10:49 localhost kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / > Cli 4.x: port 2, is for HotSync use and is bound to ttyUSB1 > Feb 10 12:10:49 localhost kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 > / Cli 4.x converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs) > Feb 10 12:10:49 localhost kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 > / Cli 4.x converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs) > Feb 10 12:10:52 localhost /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB > product 830/70/100 > > The last entry looks worrisome but ignore it - the module is detecting the > palm device. > > 5. If the device is new and has no data on it you will need to install > your > user using /usr/bin/install-user -p <port> -u "User name" -i <userid> > > 6. WARNING: you must carry out this step (backup your ~/.jpilot > directory as a precaution) > you can now restore from your .jpilot restore > directory: pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -r ~/.jpilot/restore/ > > 7. you can now synchronise with jpilot normally. Note previous step is > very important otherwise you will lose your data! > > -=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Graeme Robinson - Graenet consulting > www.graenet.com - internet solutions > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==---=-=--=-=-= > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
