On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:34 +0100, Eamann O Ruairc wrote: > Hi Jason! > > (Jack Wallen has just posted a message saying that there is a bug in the > kernel of Ubuntu which prevents it from syncing. I have asked him to > elaborate.) > > I'm afraid substituting /dev/ttyUSB1 or USB0 for /dev/pilot did not > produce any results. I introduced the install-user command about a dozen > times until my Zire said that it could not connect. > > root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# install-user -p /dev/ttyUSB1-u eamann > -i 12345 > Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyUSB1-u > Please use --help for more information > > On one occasion however jpilot-sync started up, even though JP was not > running: > > root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# install-user -p /dev/ttyUSB1-u eamann > -i 12345 > Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyUSB1-u > Please use --help for more information > > root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# jpilot-sync > **************************************** > Syncing on device /dev/pilot > Press the HotSync button now > > When I pressed the button my computer began to whine so I did the > following command and killed jpilot-sync. > > root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# ps ax | grep jpilot > 7191 pts/0 R+ 3:29 jpilot-sync > 7460 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep jpilot > > If I were to delete jpilot-sync and rely on pilot-link, would that > perhaps solve my problem? > > Thanks once more for your continuing help! > > Eamann > > > > Jason Day wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 06:13:07PM +0100, Eamann O Ruairc wrote: > > > >>> root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# tail -f /var/log/messages > >>> Dec 11 17:59:20 localhost kernel: [17180096.268000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 5.0 > >>> Dec 11 17:59:20 localhost kernel: [17180096.268000] visor 2-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected > >>> Dec 11 17:59:20 localhost kernel: [17180096.272000] usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > >>> Dec 11 17:59:20 localhost kernel: [17180096.272000] usb 2-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1 > >>> > > > > Ok, so it looks like the device nodes are being created correctly. > > Maybe the problem is with the symlink. Try the install-user command > > again, but use /dev/ttyUSB1 as the port instead of /dev/pilot. Remember > > that you may have to try several times to get the timing right. If you > > can't get that to work, try /dev/ttyUSB0. > > > > Jason > > I have not posted that bug yet. But I will say moving over from Ubuntu to Fedora Core 6 solved the problem. I haven't had a single problem syncing jpilot to my Treo 680 in FC6. > _______________________________________________ > jpilot mailing list > jpilot at jpilot.org > http://www.jpilot.org/mailman/listinfo/jpilot
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