Eamann, Sounds like it should work but maybe you just waited too long to hit the JP sync button after hitting the one on the Zire, and the connection timed out. -TR On Wednesday 22 November 2006 13:55, Eamann O Ruairc wrote: > Hello TR, > > Thank you too for taking time to try and help me! > > I have followed your suggestion but it has not produced the hoped for > results: > > When I executed the command "modprobe visor" the terminal did not give > me any output. > > root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# modprobe visor > root at eamann-laptop:/home/eamann# > > Was that OK? > > Then when I pressed the sync button on the Zire the Palm did an "empty" > sync, that is it went into motion, said "Sync completed", or words to > that effect, but I did not see any activity. Then the processor of my > laptop began to whizz and the only way I could get it to stop was by > restarting the machine. > > When I pressed the sync button in JP, it reacted with "Syncing on device > /dev/ttyUSB1 - Press the HotSync button now" but when I did so nothing > happened. > > Any further suggestions? > > Thanks anyway! > > Best wishes, > > Eamann > > TR wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 14:03, Eamann O Ruairc wrote: > >> Hello all! > >> > >> On 14 Nov. I posted a message explaining that I could not sync my Palm > >> Zire 71 to my Acer laptop where I run Ubuntu 6.10. > >> > >> Unfortunately for me, nobody replied. > >> > >> I have spent hours googling and trying the various bits of advice on > >> offer, but so far to no avail. > >> > >> Do any of you JP "experts" know of a definitive "howto" which would > >> throw light on the problem? > >> > >> I have tried without success deleting JP entirely and then reinstalling > >> it. But the laptop and the cradle still do not communicate... > >> > >> Thank you in advance to the person(s) who will kindly reply to this > >> message! > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> > >> Eamann O Ruairc > > > > Since it's kind of quiet in JP land, guess I'll throw out the old > > suggestion that solved my problem for me on a SuSE system and a Zire 31. > > If you know anything about using the command line, you can issue a > > 'modprobe visor' command and see if that gets you anywhere. You'll have > > to do it as root. I don't think it can hurt to give it a try. First > > verify that JP is pointing to /dev/ttyUSB1, which should be created when > > you hit the sync button on your device. > > > > So, the sequence goes: > > 1. Set the JP path to /dev/ttyUSB1 > > 2. Type "modprobe visor" on the command line > > 3. Hit the sync button on the Zire > > 4. Hit the JP sync button > > > > That's the closest thing I have to a panacea. Let us know how it goes. > > > > -TR > > _______________________________________________ > > jpilot mailing list > > jpilot at jpilot.org > > http://www.jpilot.org/mailman/listinfo/jpilot > > _______________________________________________ > jpilot mailing list > jpilot at jpilot.org > http://www.jpilot.org/mailman/listinfo/jpilot
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