Re: Newbie questions

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct debian org>]

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 11:54 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote:
> Adam C Powell IV wrote: 
> > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 17:03 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote: 
> > > Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > > >>> I too could never get visor and /dev/ttyUSB* to work with my 700p, so I
> > > >>> switched to libusb, which is faster.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Try this, it works for me with a 700p on Debian etch:
> > > >>>       * find /lib/modules -name visor.ko -print
> > > >>>       * mv <that file> /root/ [if there's more than one, give them different names]
> > > >>>       * rmmod visor
> > > >>>       * <Remove pilot-applet from panel, if it's running>
> > > >>>       * apt-get update && apt-get install libusb libusb-dev
> > > >>>       * cp /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/60-libpisock.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
> > > >>>       * /etc/init.d/udev restart
> > > >>>       * <Plug in Treo>
> > > >>>       * <Hit hotsync>
> > > >>>       * pilot-xfer -p usb: -l
> > > >>>       
> > > 
> > > 
> > > OK, after correcting the above, I see
> > > 
> > > > linux [root] /root> pilot-xfer -p usb: -l
> > > >
> > > > Listening for incoming connection on usb:...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > And eventually the TREO times out.
> > > 
> > > ??
> > >     
> > 
> > Hmm.  Could be a couple of things. 
> >       * Try "lsmod"; does it include visor?  If so, that's blocking
> >         libusb from seeing the Treo.
> 
> Nope.
> 
> > 
> >       * Try "ps auwx | grep pilot"; if you see gpilotd anywhere in
> >         there, kill it. 
> 
> Not there.
> 
> >       * I find that timing is important: try syncing at the same
> >         time as, and just before, and just after hitting Enter on
> >         the pilot-xfer command, something might work. 
> 
> JUST BEFORE, JUST BEFORE!!! :-) :-) And |just before" works with
> jpilot!!! Thanks, 1E6!!!

Hooray!  Congratulations.  Sorry it took so long, in part due to my
delay in replying to you and silly errors.

You should also find it significantly faster than before.  My syncs
using visor with the Treo 600 used to take about an hour, and now using
libusb with the 700p they get done in about ten minutes!

Regards,
-Adam
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