Palm T|X on Fedora 7

[Srikanth Konjarla]

Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 10:23 -0700, Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
>> Craig White wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 15:13 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>> I am struggling trying to make a Palm T|X work on Fedora 7
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem *may* lie with the fact that in order to make this box work
>>>>> (A Dell Optiplex 320), that I have to add 'pci=nomsi acpi=off' kernel
>>>>> params on bootup.
>>>>>
>>>>> udevinfo tells me all about the device.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can see the device exists when I plug it in and check it via
>>>>>
>>>>> ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* and
>>>>> ls -l /dev/pilot
>>>>>
>>>>> but even if I try (as root),
>>>>>
>>>>> pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1 or pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/pilot show
>>>>> nothing at all
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the problem my kernel parameters?
>>>>>
>>>> It probably isn't your kernel parameters. If it were, then
>>>> /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/USB1 most likely not be created. What happens
>>>> if you use /dev/ttyUSB0? Or, if you have more then 2 ttyUSB*
>>>> entries, try using /dev/ttyUSB2. I don't remember if the T|X uses
>>>> the first or second USB serial port that is created when you hit sync...
>>> ----
>>> OK - didn't know the impact of the kernel params
>>>
>>> # ls -l /dev/ttyUSB*
>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 2007-07-17 09:52 /dev/ttyUSB0
>>> crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 1 2007-07-17 09:52 /dev/ttyUSB1
>>>
>>> and from dmesg...
>>> usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6
>>> usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
>>> visor 4-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
>>> usb 4-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
>>> usb 4-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
>>>
>>> but while the palm is using ttyUSB0/1 - I get nada...
>>>
>>> # pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB1
>>>
>>>    Listening for incoming connection on /dev/ttyUSB1...
>>>
>>> # pilot-xfer -l -p /dev/ttyUSB0
>>>
>>>    Listening for incoming connection on /dev/ttyUSB0...
>>> #
>>>
>>> but never anything else  ;-(
>> As you can see the device files are owned and writable by only root. 
>> There are couple of options that you can try,
>>
>> 1. change the permissions on device files as root.
>>     # chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB*
>>
>>     Try to sync your palm.
> ----
> you might note the "#" cli prompt which is typical for user root.
> 
> Trying to sync the palm is rather pointless if you can't do a basic
> listing of the files on the palm from the pilot-xfer (pilot-link
> package) which is the base package that all of the GUI tools
> (JPilot/KPilot/GPilot) all use.
> ----
>> 2. Review the udev rules for ttyUSB* under /etc/udev/rules.d. It is very 
>> likely that the default mode is set to "0660". You can refer to 
>> 50-udev.rules file. Here is a link from one of the old RH Magazines.
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/002dec04/features/udev/
> ----
> I am all over the udev rules - I am a long time palm user but that is
> more for 'users' and I am simply trying to communicate with the palm via
> pilot-xfer which as stated above, is the basic toolset for accessing a
> palm. The udev rules are tilted towards user space and again, I am
> trying to work this through as root first.
> 
> I am quite certain that this would work with FC-6 but that isn't the
> point...there is an issue with F7 and it would help if someone related
> what they have done to get a Palm working on F7 - especially one of the
> newer 'OS5' Palms
> 
For whatever it is worth, i have added the following lines to 
50-udev.rules on F7 to get the palm sync work with jpilot (the palm 
device is configured as /dev/ttyUSB0). I have found that this is missing 
in F7 from that of FC6 (of course i had to change the MODE to 0777).

KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", SYSFS{product}=="Palm Handheld*", SYMLINK+="pilot", 
GROUP="uucp", MODE="0777"
KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", SYSFS{product}=="palmOne Handheld*", 
SYMLINK+="pilot", GROUP="uucp", MODE="0777"
KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", SYSFS{product}=="Handspring Visor*", 
SYMLINK+="pilot", GROUP="uucp", MODE="0777"

Srikanth