Faisal Islam wrote: > Hello Al, > > Would you please try the following and see what happens? > > 1. Connect your Treo to your computer via USB and turn it on > 2. Open a Shell and log in as root (type in su and the root pwd) > 3. Type in the following and see if visor shows up > lsmod | grep visor > -- if it does, proceed to step 5 > -- if not, proceed to step 4 > 4. Type the following in the shell prompt > modprobe visor > -- you should not get errors > -- go to step 3 above > 5. Type the following in the shell prompt > tail -f /var/log/messages > 6. Press the HotSync button on your Treo and check the output in step 5 > above. This will show you what the computer sees. The following is an > example: > > May 6 07:43:49 localhost kernel: visor 1-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm > OS converter detected > May 6 07:43:49 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS > converter now attached to ttyUSB0 > May 6 07:43:49 localhost kernel: usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS > converter now attached to ttyUSB1 > > 7. Type in /dev/ttyUSB1 in your J-Pilot preference tab under serial > port and click OK. > > 8. Re-load J-Pilot and cancel Hotsynch on the Treo (from step 6 above). > Press hotsynch on the Treo, wait 2 seconds, press hotsynch on J-Pilot. > You should here the device beep and start to synchronize. > > 9. If this doesn't work, let us know what happened and we will try to > trouble shoot. If this works, send money to Judd Montgomery. > > Good luck, my friend! > > Faisal in Dallas TX USA > > > Faisal thanks very for your help. You obviously know the system pretty well. I followed your steps exactly and got some surprising results that suggest maybe I want to set /dev/ttyUSB3 in the J-Pilot preferences. Larry Austin TX May 6 08:34:32 kinda kernel: [1643030.438476] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 38 May 6 08:34:32 kinda kernel: [1643030.610500] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 6 08:34:32 kinda kernel: [1643030.615422] visor 4-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected May 6 08:34:32 kinda kernel: [1643030.615563] usb 4-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB2 May 6 08:34:32 kinda kernel: [1643030.615624] usb 4-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB3 May 6 08:37:14 kinda kernel: [1643192.906058] usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 38 May 6 08:37:14 kinda kernel: [1643192.909238] visor ttyUSB2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB2 May 6 08:37:14 kinda kernel: [1643192.909537] visor ttyUSB3: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB3 May 6 08:37:14 kinda kernel: [1643192.909551] visor 4-1:1.0: device disconnected May 6 08:37:23 kinda kernel: [1643201.653710] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 39 May 6 08:37:23 kinda kernel: [1643201.828739] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice May 6 08:37:23 kinda kernel: [1643201.833665] visor 4-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected May 6 08:37:23 kinda kernel: [1643201.833838] usb 4-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB2 May 6 08:37:23 kinda kernel: [1643201.833902] usb 4-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB3
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