Hey Groups; Has anyone gotten a Palm Zire with a USB connector to work with SuSE 9.0? I have had all of this working with SuSE 8.2. Using "lsusb" it shows up with a Palm device after hitting hot sync. Call up Jpilot and/or kjpilot and neither can find the device. I have even downloaded and compiled Jpilot's most recent version (which worked under SuSE 8.2 just fine) with no luck under 9.0. My USB 1.0 HP scanner works - Yast2 found it and set it up. This make me believe that SuSE has screwed around with something which will not allow use off the USB port. I have kernel 2.4.22 with the correct USB chipset and devices selected. Besides they are found in /proc and "lsusb". And acpi=off The error is: **************************************** Syncing on device /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 Press the HotSync button now **************************************** pi_bind Invalid argument Check your serial port and settings Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND Finished Device: crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 1 2003-09-23 13:01 ttyUSB1 Any clues as where to look? -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb@hal-pc.org " http://counter.li.org " #279316
I am using a Tungsten T3 with Gnome Pilot (with Evolution) and Kpilot on /dev/ttyUSB1 and it works fine with both, although more reliably with Kpilot. Depending on your bus, you may need to use /dev/ttyUSB0. [SWAG] Actually, I'm surprised that it's working at all. This is the first time I've ever gotten a Palm powered USB device to work under Linux.
-----Original Message----- From: Donn aka n5xwb Washburn [mailto:n5xwb@hal-pc.org] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 18:55 To: SuSE-linux-e List; J-Pilot Discussion List Subject: [SLE] SuSE 9.0 and a USB Palm Zire
Hey Groups;
Has anyone gotten a Palm Zire with a USB connector to work with SuSE 9.0? I have had all of this working with SuSE 8.2. Using "lsusb" it shows up with a Palm device after hitting hot sync. Call up Jpilot and/or kjpilot and neither can find the device. I have even downloaded and compiled Jpilot's most recent version (which worked under SuSE 8.2 just fine) with no luck under 9.0.
My USB 1.0 HP scanner works - Yast2 found it and set it up. This make me believe that SuSE has screwed around with something which will not allow use off the USB port. I have kernel 2.4.22 with the correct USB chipset and devices selected. Besides they are found in /proc and "lsusb".
And acpi=off
The error is: **************************************** Syncing on device /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 Press the HotSync button now **************************************** pi_bind Invalid argument Check your serial port and settings Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND Finished
Device: crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 1 2003-09-23 13:01 ttyUSB1
Any clues as where to look?
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In a previous message, "Donald E. Stidwell"
I am using a Tungsten T3 with Gnome Pilot (with Evolution) and Kpilot on /dev/ttyUSB1 and it works fine with both, although more reliably with Kpilot. Depending on your bus, you may need to use /dev/ttyUSB0. [SWAG]
Are you sure about those ports? On SuSE 8.2, they are /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 and /dev/usb/ttyUSB0.
Actually, I'm surprised that it's working at all. This is the first time I've ever gotten a Palm powered USB device to work under Linux.
I had no problems getting my Tungsten T working under 8.2, and I had a Visor working under USB on 7.3, IIRC. It just needed later versions of pilot-link than SuSE supplied (0.9.x doesn't work with USB - you need 0.11.x for that). John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn wrote:
Hey Groups;
Has anyone gotten a Palm Zire with a USB connector to work with SuSE 9.0? I have had all of this working with SuSE 8.2. Using "lsusb" it shows up with a Palm device after hitting hot sync. Call up Jpilot and/or kjpilot and neither can find the device. I have even downloaded and compiled Jpilot's most recent version (which worked under SuSE 8.2 just fine) with no luck under 9.0.
My USB 1.0 HP scanner works - Yast2 found it and set it up. This make me believe that SuSE has screwed around with something which will not allow use off the USB port. I have kernel 2.4.22 with the correct USB chipset and devices selected. Besides they are found in /proc and "lsusb".
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Any clues as where to look?
I don't know about kpilot, as it uses a different program to talk with the Palm unit, but I can answer for jpilot. (I had the same problem with getting my system to talk with jpilot. kpilot wasn't an issue though.) the problem lies with the pilot-link program that comes as a default with SuSE 9.0. For whatever reason, SuSE included an old version of the program, and it doesn't recognize USB. So what you will need to do is to upgrade to .0.11.3 (if memory serves correctly -- the version number may be off.) Krikket
Krikket wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn wrote:
Hey Groups;
Any clues as where to look?
the problem lies with the pilot-link program that comes as a default with SuSE 9.0. For whatever reason, SuSE included an old version of the program, and it doesn't recognize USB. So what you will need to do is to upgrade to .0.11.3 (if memory serves correctly -- the version number may be off.)
Krikket
Well thanks Krikket. However, I did already upgrade to pilot-link-0.11.5 (the latest is 0.11.8) and it still fails to find it. Version 0.1.5 did work under 8.2 and "lsusb" does spot it. -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb@hal-pc.org " http://counter.li.org " #279316
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn wrote:
Krikket wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn wrote:
Hey Groups;
Any clues as where to look?
the problem lies with the pilot-link program that comes as a default with SuSE 9.0. For whatever reason, SuSE included an old version of the program, and it doesn't recognize USB. So what you will need to do is to upgrade to .0.11.3 (if memory serves correctly -- the version number may be off.)
Krikket
Well thanks Krikket. However, I did already upgrade to pilot-link-0.11.5 (the latest is 0.11.8) and it still fails to find it. Version 0.1.5 did work under 8.2 and "lsusb" does spot it.
Ergh. I wish I had other ideas, but I don't. Mine stopped wroking for a day, but the next day started working again for no apparent reason. Don't know if it's related though. (And as far as I can tell, the only difference between when it did and did not work was the day I tried. *nothing* was changed *anwwhere* on my system.) Krikket
In a previous message, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn
I did already upgrade to pilot-link-0.11.5 (the latest is 0.11.8) and it still fails to find it. Version 0.1.5 did work under 8.2 and "lsusb" does spot it.
What do you get in the log ('tail -f /var/log/messages') when you press the hotsync button? If the visor module is claiming the Palm, can you connect using pilot-link from the command line (e.g. 'pilot-xfer -p /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 -l' should list all databases on your Palm)? And check which port you're using against what the log reports - SuSE uses /dev/usb/ttyUSBx (notice the extra 'usb' directory). HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
Krikket wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Donn aka n5xwb Washburn wrote:
Hey Groups;
Has anyone gotten a Palm Zire with a USB connector to work with SuSE 9.0? I have had all of this working with SuSE 8.2. Using "lsusb" it shows up with a Palm device after hitting hot sync. Call up Jpilot and/or kjpilot and neither can find the device. I have even downloaded and compiled Jpilot's most recent version (which worked under SuSE 8.2 just fine) with no luck under 9.0.
My USB 1.0 HP scanner works - Yast2 found it and set it up. This make me believe that SuSE has screwed around with something which will not allow use off the USB port. I have kernel 2.4.22 with the correct USB chipset and devices selected. Besides they are found in /proc and "lsusb".
My Zire 71 works just fine with Suse 9.0 , it also works wi 8.2. I am currently running Kpilot 4.3.10 and pilot link .11.8 from Suse update. I am not able to download the pictures or access the smartmedia card but for the standard palm things it (addressbook, notes, and calender) it updates just fine. BoB C
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