Hello, I have an att tilt and for my main O.S I have been running gentoo. I want to link my phone with my computer, so I can get some goals accomplished. Goals: Contact management, Wireless(which is on the phone and is not working with windows mobile 6.0 currently, I think this has to do with the security I am running in my house.), Synchronization(my goal is to get my phone to sync to Thunderbird, and then I can sync that to my google), sms, and last but not least a working phone. I Have tons of other features I have going on my current set up, but I lay out these goals because I am not able to get my phone to work with gentoo. I have looked at synce but I am having issue with it. The details are here:http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/pda-guide.xml. But for some reason the vdccm command. The connection manager for SynCE is not found, I tried many different packages, and even tried different managers, but still no luck. My question is should I continue to fight with synCE, or would it be better to just try to get linux on my phone, and go from there ? Perhaps theres anther option? I will be willing to write my won code if needed. Any advice helps, Thanks .

Hello there. What is the output of dmesg and lsusb after pluging the device? Btw, WM6 devices are using rndis_host instead of serial modules. N sometime conflicts with network manager.

[26503.621228] ipaq 6-2:1.0: PocketPC PDA converter detected
[26503.623486] usb 6-2: PocketPC PDA converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[26503.623500] drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '005'
[26503.623607] usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=00ce
[26503.623613] usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[26503.623619] usb 6-2: Product: Generic Serial
[26503.623623] usb 6-2: Manufacturer: HTC
[26503.623627] usb 6-2: SerialNumber: (omitted)

I am still not sure if I will move to linux on my phone or fight with sync some more but I found some information on linux on my type of phone . Details on the linux: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=383695, and specs on my phone: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=861&view=1