syncing with Treo

[Matt McClure <mlm aya yale edu>]

I'm trying to sync a Handspring Treo via USB with gnome-pilot.  I enter
/dev/ttyUSB1 (tried /dev/ttyUSB0 also) as the Port, select "Handspring
USB" as the Type, choose "Yes, I've used sync software with this pilot
before.", and press the HotSync button.

/var/log/messages (after doing `insmod visor debug=1`) says:

Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 8
Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter detected
Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: Number of ports: 2
Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 1, is for Generic use and is bound to ttyUSB0
Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 2, is for HotSync use and is bound to ttyUSB1
Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
Mar 12 20:42:29 carter kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs)
Mar 12 20:42:34 carter kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 8
Mar 12 20:42:34 carter kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
Mar 12 20:42:34 carter kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1

and the Treo says:

The connection between your handheld computer and the desktop could not
be established.  Please check your setup and try again.

Any idea what's going on?

Thanks.

-- 
Matt
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