initial sync fails with tungsten e2

[James Lozada <lists yellowcat org>]

Hello everybody.  I need some helping getting my new Tungsten E2 set up
with gnome-pilot.  I'm running Debian Sid with kernel 2.6.10.

Here's the problem.  Gnome pilot applet does nothing after pressing the
hotsync button while attempting to establish the first link to the palm
(to get the user id).  This generates no error message.  The pilot,
however, says that "The connection. . . cannot be established."

dmesg shows that the driver loads ok:

usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 41
visor 1-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1

The devices and links exist (udev working):

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           7 Jul 12 21:08 pilot -> ttyUSB1
crw-rw----  1 root dialout 188,   0 Jul 12 21:08 ttyUSB0
crw-rw----  1 root dialout 188,   1 Jul 12 21:08 ttyUSB1

I am a member of dialout.

when run from the command line, gpilotd shows this output during the
sync attempt:

gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 2.0.12 starting...
gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.11.8
gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [USB] [IrDA] [Network]

(gpilotd:15473): gpilotd-WARNING **: Number of devices is configured to
0

(gpilotd:15473): gpilotd-WARNING **: No accessible devices available

(gpilotd:15473): gpilotd-WARNING **: Number of pilots is configured to 0
gpilotd-Message: Activating CORBA server
gpilotd-Message: bonobo_activation_active_server_register = 0

gpilotd-Message: Shutting down devices
gpilotd-Message: Rereading configuration...

(gpilotd:15473): gpilotd-WARNING **: Number of pilots is configured to 0
gpilotd-Message: Watching Cradle (/dev/pilot)
gpilotd-Message: corba:
get_user_info(cradle=Cradle,survival=0,timeout=0)
gpilotd-Message: assigned handle num 1
gpilotd-Message: Found 4766, 0001
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0502, 0736
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 091e, 0004
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 082d, 0100
gpilotd-Message: Using net FALSE
gpilotd-Message: Found 082d, 0200
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 082d, 0300
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0001
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0002
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0003
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0020
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0031
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0040
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0050
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0060
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0070
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 0830, 0080
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 04e8, 8001
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 04e8, 6601
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 0038
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 0066
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 0095
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 009a
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 00c9
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 00da
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 00e9
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 0144
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 054c, 0169
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE
gpilotd-Message: Found 12ef, 0100
gpilotd-Message: Using net TRUE

My Gnome Pilot Settings applet settings are:

Port /dev/pilot
Speed 57600
Timeout 2
Type USB

I've tried different timeouts and speeds, and /dev/ttyUSB0
and /dev/ttyUSB1.

I have googled my life away for the past few days.  Please help!

James