Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:32:20 -0500 From: Damian Wiest <dwiest@vailsys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with USB Palm sync Message-ID: <20061017223220.GB4445@dfwdamian.vail> In-Reply-To: <eh3k04$unk$2@sea.gmane.org> References: <eh3eh6$aag$1@sea.gmane.org> <20061017210740.GB9251@dfwdamian.vail> <eh3k04$unk$2@sea.gmane.org>
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 06:03:07PM -0400, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > (hope this isn't a double post:-( > > Damian Wiest wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:29:49PM -0400, Jonathan Arnold wrote: > >>Has anyone had any luck using pilot-link to sync JPilot to a Palm > >>device via the USB? I'm trying to sync my Handspring Visor and it just > >>doesn't seem to be noticing it. I have the following in my > >>/dev/usbd.conf file: > >> > >>device "Handspring Visor" > >> devname "ugen[0-9]+" > >> vendor 0x082d > >> product 0x0100 > >> release 0x0100 > >> attach "chmod 0666 /dev/ugen*" > >> > >>as per the code that was in there for the coldsync. When I press the > >>sync button on the cradle, these devices show up: > >> > >>crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 0, 181 Oct 17 13:45 /dev/ugen0 > >>crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 0, 182 Oct 17 13:45 /dev/ugen0.1 > >>crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 0, 183 Oct 17 13:45 /dev/ugen0.2 > >> > >>And the following shows up in my dmesg: > >> > >>ugen0: Handspring Inc Handspring Visor, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 5 > >>ugen0: at uhub6 port 4 (addr 5) disconnected > >>All threads purged from ugen0.2 > >>All threads purged from ugen0.1 > >>All threads purged from ugen0 > >>ugen0: detached > >> > >>But the pilot-link command fails immediately: > >> > >>$ pilot-xfer -p /dev/ugen0 -l > >> Unable to bind to port: /dev/ugen0 > >> Please use --help for more information > >> > >>Any ideas? I've googled all over the place, but I only see similiar > >>questions. And the FreeBSD.README on the pilot-link web site seems to > >>be misleading at best. > > [snip] > >I've had success syncing my Palm OS based phone (SPH-i500 FWIW) to my > >laptop using jpilot with a USB connection. > > Glad to hear someone has had success. What FreeBSD are you using? I'm > using 6.1 (via PC-BSD 1.2). 6.0 for i386 IIRC. [snip] > -- > Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) > Daemon Dancing in the Dark, a FreeBSD weblog: > http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ > > UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. I was actually hunting for my cradle just last night to resync my phone. If I can find it tonight, I'll post my procedure. -Damian
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