Is there a good faq or step by step setup for using kPilot to sync to a palm on a USB cradle. I'm running RedHat 9. How do I get the USB daemon to autodetect it? Any help would be great.

I have the same question regarding a handspring treo 90 and redhat 9. I know there are problems with the USB core kernel module that cause some sequential access devices like the treo to lock up on synchronization, but I was thinking I saw somewhere that a patch was coming out. Has anyone had success syncing this device?

I had this same problem. I think shrike (RH9) comes pre-installed with pilot-link--especially if you have GnomePilot or KPilot installed. If not then do a search for pilot-link-0.11.8.tar.gzip on google. That was recent about 3 weeks ago when I did this.

I had the hardest time figuring out what to do, but finally I su'd and did a

I don't know that this is what everyone should do, but it worked for me. Even when I went through settings and changed them manually to /dev/ttyUSB1 in JPilot I couldn't get it to work. However, this symbolic link did the trick.

Hope I've helped...

Marc

Actually you don't need the cd /dev since you're using absolute paths. Oh well.

Marc

how do I find out which USB port # my cradle is on?

This is it:

TUSB2040/2070 Hub



Class
9
(Hub)
Subclass
0
Protocol
0
USB Version
1.16

Vendor ID
0x451
(Texas Instruments)
Product ID
0x1446
(TUSB2040/2070 Hub)
Revision
1.16

Speed
12 Mbit/s
Channels
4
Max. Packet Size
0





it's plugged into

USB UHCI Root Hub (5)

Serial #: d400


Class
9
(Hub)
Subclass
0
Protocol
0
USB Version
1.0

Vendor ID
0x0
Product ID
0x0
Revision
0.0

Speed
12 Mbit/s
Channels
2
Max. Packet Size
0

Bandwidth
11 of 900 (1%)
Intr. requests
1
Isochr. requests
0

When you have your Handspring Visor in your cradle hit the Hot-Sync button on your visor then at a virtual console type dmesg | grep usb and the last line you see should tell you which USB port it is linked to.

HTH

thanks!

How do I go about changing the port to read/write?

Well it may be a little late but for posterities sake:
chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB*