Palm hotsync ends prematurely

[Andrew Robinson]

Got a new Palm Zire 31 for Christmas and I'm trying to get it to work 
with my FC3 installation. When I run pilot-xfer, the hotsync starts, but 
the Palm ends it after about 10 seconds. Does anyone know why this 
happens or how I could fix it?

If I run install-user, the sync starts and ends successfully, but the 
whole install-user process only takes a few seconds. That suggests to me 
that the problem is some kind of timing issue. If I reboot the system 
into Windoze XP and hotsync with the Palm desktop, the Palm behaves 
normally, completing the hotsync even if it takes several minutes. That 
suggests that the problem is related to Linux. Before the Zire 31, I was 
successfully syncing my Palm IIIx with pilot-xfer on the serial port.

After a bit of googling, I made these configuration changes for the 
Zire. I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-visor.rules with this line:

BUS="usb", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", SYMLINK="pilot"

In the /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions file, I modified this 
line:

ttyUSB*:root:uucp:0666

In /var/log/messages, I observed these entries pertaining hotsyncing:

Jan  2 19:04:20 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: new full speed USB device 
using address 8
Jan  2 19:04:20 orpheus kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: qh 6162d300 (#0) 
state 1
Jan  2 19:04:20 orpheus kernel: visor 1-4.4:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter detected
Jan  2 19:04:20 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Jan  2 19:04:20 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Jan  2 19:04:23 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: USB disconnect, address 8
Jan  2 19:04:23 orpheus kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Jan  2 19:04:23 orpheus kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
Jan  2 19:04:23 orpheus kernel: visor 1-4.4:1.0: device disconnected
Jan  2 19:04:24 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: new full speed USB device 
using address 9
Jan  2 19:04:24 orpheus kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: qh 6162d380 (#0) 
state 1
Jan  2 19:04:24 orpheus kernel: visor 1-4.4:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter detected
Jan  2 19:04:24 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Jan  2 19:04:24 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Jan  2 19:04:47 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: USB disconnect, address 9
Jan  2 19:04:47 orpheus kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Jan  2 19:04:47 orpheus kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
Jan  2 19:04:47 orpheus kernel: visor 1-4.4:1.0: device disconnected
Jan  2 19:04:50 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: new full speed USB device 
using address 10
Jan  2 19:04:50 orpheus kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: qh 6162d400 (#0) 
state 1
Jan  2 19:04:50 orpheus kernel: visor 1-4.4:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter detected
Jan  2 19:04:50 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Jan  2 19:04:50 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Jan  2 19:04:52 orpheus kernel: usb 1-4.4: USB disconnect, address 10
Jan  2 19:04:52 orpheus kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Jan  2 19:04:52 orpheus kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
Jan  2 19:04:52 orpheus kernel: visor 1-4.4:1.0: device disconnected


Thanks for the help!

Andrew Robinson