Hi David,
I followed your instructions and I am stuck at step 5. Please refer to the
print-outs below. Thank you very much.
1.
:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=feisty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.04"
:~$ uname -a
Linux jc-amd 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
2.
:~$ COLUMNS=100 dpkg -l | grep udev #
ii udev 108-0ubuntu4 rule-based device node and
kernel event manager
3.
~$ egrep -i '(Palm|Handspring)' /etc/udev/rules.d/*
/etc/udev/rules.d/60-libpisock.rules:# Handspring handheld devices
/etc/udev/rules.d/60-libpisock.rules:# Palm, Inc. and palmOne handheld
devices
/etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules:# Create /dev/pilot symlink for Palm
Pilots
/etc/udev/rules.d/60-symlinks.rules:KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", ATTRS{product}=="Palm
Handheld*|Handspring *|palmOne Handheld", \
4.
tail -f /var/log/messages
May 23 19:14:51 jc-amd kernel: [127377.324000] SCSI device sdb: 58605120
512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
May 23 19:14:51 jc-amd kernel: [127377.324000] sdb: Write Protect is off
May 23 19:14:51 jc-amd kernel: [127377.332000] SCSI device sdb: 58605120
512-byte hdwr sectors (30006 MB)
May 23 19:14:51 jc-amd kernel: [127377.332000] sdb: Write Protect is off
May 23 19:14:52 jc-amd kernel: [127377.332000] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
May 23 19:14:52 jc-amd kernel: [127377.348000] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi
removable disk sdb
May 23 19:14:52 jc-amd kernel: [127377.348000] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi
generic sg1 type 0
May 23 19:33:20 jc-amd -- MARK --
May 23 19:53:23 jc-amd -- MARK --
May 23 20:13:25 jc-amd -- MARK --
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131409.980000] usbcore: registered new
interface driver usbserial
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131409.984000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131409.984000] usbcore: registered new
interface driver usbserial_generic
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131409.984000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial Driver core
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131410.016000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Palm OS
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131410.016000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 3.5
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131410.016000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 5.0
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131410.016000] usbcore: registered new
interface driver visor
May 23 20:22:04 jc-amd kernel: [131410.016000] drivers/usb/serial/visor.c:
USB HandSpring Visor / Palm OS driver
After I did "sudo rmmod visor", the terminal with "tail -f
/var/log/messages" had this added:
May 23 20:22:35 jc-amd kernel: [131440.616000] usbcore: deregistering
interface driver visor
May 23 20:22:35 jc-amd kernel: [131440.620000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial deregistering driver Handspring Visor / Palm OS
May 23 20:22:35 jc-amd kernel: [131440.620000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial deregistering driver Sony Clie 3.5
May 23 20:22:35 jc-amd kernel: [131440.620000] drivers/usb/serial/usb-
serial.c: USB Serial deregistering driver Sony Clie 5.0
5. I put the PDA into its cradle and hit the hotsync button and did nothing
else. I did not hear any tweedle-dee sound and I received the error message
on the PDA. The title of the error window is "HotSync Problem". The body of
the message was "Unabel to initiate HotSync operation because the serial
port is in use by another application". (By the way, I get that message,
too, when the PDA is not plugged into the computer. Strange, huh?)
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