Palm TX - Device Files not Created

[ralfsteppacher]

Hallo all,

I am trying to sync my new Palm TX with linux. I followed the instructions in the 'HOWTO USB sync for Palm PDAs with Evolution' and also made sure I have all the prerequisites in place. But I must be missing something. My problem is that the USB0 and USB1 devices never get created. After pressing the hotsync button, all I have under /dev is the following:

/dev/bus/usb
/dev/.udev/db/class@usb_device@usbdev2.9
/dev/.udev/db/class@tty@ttyUSB1
/dev/.udev/db/class@tty@ttyUSB0
/dev/.udev/db/class@usb_device@usbdev2.5
/dev/.udev/db/class@usb_device@usbdev4.1
/dev/.udev/db/class@usb_device@usbdev3.1
/dev/.udev/db/class@usb_device@usbdev2.1
/dev/.udev/db/class@usb_device@usbdev1.1


The device 'pilot' gets created, but using it when configuring gnome-pilot does not work. I all other examples I could find on the web /dev/pilot was a symlink. I also changed the umask in my udev rules file to make /dev/pilot world read-writable. But still gnome-pilot would not talk to my device when I hit the hotsync button.

0 crw-rw---- 1 root tty 189, 136 Oct 19 08:03 /dev/pilot


My udev rules file looks like this (copy paste from the HOWTO):

BUS=="usb",SYSFS{serial}=="PNXXXXXXXXXX",NAME="pilot",OWNER="root",GROUP="tty",MODE="0660"
KERNEL="ttyUSB[13579]*", NAME="pilot", GROUP="usb", MODE="0660


And here is the output from /var/log/messages when I hit the hotsync button:

Oct 19 07:48:42 midgard usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 4
Oct 19 07:48:42 midgard visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Oct 19 07:48:42 midgard visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
Oct 19 07:48:42 midgard visor 2-1:1.0: device disconnected
Oct 19 07:48:42 midgard usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
Oct 19 07:48:43 midgard usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 19 07:48:43 midgard visor 2-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
Oct 19 07:48:43 midgard usb 2-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Oct 19 07:48:43 midgard usb 2-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1


Apart from the device files not being created everything seems to be in order. I appreciate any hints on why this is not working.


Thanks in advance
Ralf

[badchien]

Have you tried this without the udev rule? Just try syncing with /dev/ttyUSB1 first.

[ralfsteppacher]

[quote="badchien"]Have you tried this without the udev rule? Just try syncing with /dev/ttyUSB1 first.

Just tried without the udev rule. The devices /dev/ttyUSB0 and 1 are getting created, but trying to connect to them with gnome-pilot does not work. I tried both.
Just to make sure I am not doing anything real stupid... In the gnome-pilot configuration dialog I specify the device, select USB from the radio button group and leave everything else as is. Then I say 'yes, I have synced this device before and want to discover the profile on the device'.


Thanks for your help
Ralf

[PaulBredbury]

Here's my Palm-syncing config. Notice that I don't have 2 rules competing with each other over the "NAME=pilot" assignation

[ralfsteppacher]

Hello Paul,