gnome-pilot question

[Eamonn Sullivan]

Hi. I've been impressed enough with FC3T2 to attempt to connect by
wife's palmpilot (a USB-connected m500) to it. I have to admit this is
the very first time I've tried this, even though Linux and I go back
to the very first, painstakingly downloaded stack of Slackware
floppies... Anyway, I must be doing something very simple wrong.

When I hit the sync button, two (?) new links are created in /dev
ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1. But when I use gnome-pilot, it just sits there
forever at the screen that asks me to press the HotSync button and
never sees the device.

What I've tried: starting the sync before opening gnome-pilot, press
the sync button only when asked to by gnome-pilot and tried telling it
to look at /dev/pilot, /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1. All to no avail.

My system logs look like this: 

Oct  3 15:57:07 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device
using address 15
Oct  3 15:57:07 localhost kernel: visor 3-1:1.0: Handspring Visor /
Palm OS converter detected
Oct  3 15:57:07 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Oct  3 15:57:07 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS
converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Oct  3 15:57:07 localhost udev: creating device node '/dev/ttyUSB1'
Oct  3 15:57:08 localhost udev: creating device node '/dev/ttyUSB0'
Oct  3 15:58:17 localhost udev: removing device node '/dev/ttyUSB0'
Oct  3 15:58:18 localhost udev: removing device node '/dev/ttyUSB1'
Oct  3 15:58:18 localhost kernel: usb 3-1: USB disconnect, address 15

What simple thing am I missing?