Hello everyone. I just upgraded from my old trusty Palm IIIx to a new (Japanese) Sony Clie TJ25. I'm having trouble getting it to Hotsynch via USB with Mandrake 9.1. I've scoured the Net, tried many solutions, spent several hours, and pulled out what's left of my hair -- in the end, I still can't Hotsync.
I'm a Linux newbie, but I think the reason I can't sync is due to DevFS (or something) not creating the proper ports in /dev/. My USB port works fine, and I can mount the Clie as a removable drive just fine. When I hit the Hotsync button, Mandrake does recognize the device (KDE's Control Center > Information> USB Devices shows that a "Palm Handheld" is connected, and the logs below show the same). However, there are no ports or devices created in my /dev/ directory. Many of the FAQs I've read say that I should have /dev/ttyUSB?, /dev/pilot, or something that is automatically created by DevFS in /dev/tty or /dev/usb. I have none of these things.
I tried all sorts of things... hitting the Hotsync button and waiting a while, creating /dev/ttyUSB? manually (which gave no response from KPilot), changing permissions, and doing a lot of other things I can't remember now -- nothing has worked. As I said, my USB port works -- I can mount it as a drive just fine. Also, I used my Palm IIIx through a serial cable (/dev/ttyS0), and that works, too.
Basically, I'm at a loss as to what to do next. I desparately need this to work, and I've really hit a wall. Below are snippets from my log file, as well as dmesg output. Please, somebody become my new patron saint and help me! I'm really in over my head here... most of the output from the logs make little sense to me (still a newbie). Here's the data:
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[marc]# modprobe visor
[marc]# tail -f /var/log/messages
# : usb.c: registered new driver serial
# : usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
# : usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
# : usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / Clie 4.x
# : usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 3.5
# : visor.c: USB HandSpring Visor, Palm m50x, Sony Clie driver v1.6
# : usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 12
# : hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 13
# : usb.c: USB device 13 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
# : /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 54c/169/100
(Upon cancelling Hotsync
# : usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 13
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[marc]# dmesg | grep usb
usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
usb.c: registered new driver hub
usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 15:32:56 Mar 14 2003
usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1c20, IRQ 11
usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
usbdevfs: remount parameter error
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 2
usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 3
usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 4
usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 5
usb.c: USB device 6 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 6
usb.c: USB device 7 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 7
usb.c: USB device 8 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 8
usb.c: USB device 9 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 9
usb.c: USB device 10 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 10
usb.c: USB device 11 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 11
usb.c: USB device 12 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: registered new driver serial
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic
usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / Clie4.x
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Clie 3.5
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 12
usb.c: USB device 13 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 13
usb.c: USB device 14 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x169) is not claimed by any active driver.
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Let me know if there's any other information I can provide. This is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night, so if anyone can help, please do so! Thanks!
Marc...
