From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 18 18:30:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BCA616A40F for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:30:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dprobd02.vailsys.com (dprobd02.vailsys.com [63.149.73.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47D343D45 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:30:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by dprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 079BC8A5C82 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:30:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id BECB0323E8D for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:30:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (smmsp@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9IIU1Nw008300 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:30:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k9HMWKSb006236 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:32:20 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:32:20 -0500 From: Damian Wiest Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061017223220.GB4445@dfwdamian.vail> References: <20061017210740.GB9251@dfwdamian.vail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: Problems with USB Palm sync X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:30:11 -0000 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