Re: error message at gpilotd initialization

[Matt Davey <mcdavey mrao cam ac uk>]

Landis,

Just to be explicit: what you need to do is to fire up the gnome pilot
configuration applet (either via your configuration menus, or run
"gpilotd-control-applet" from a terminal window).

Then, under the 'devices' tab, you need to edit the port, and where it
says "/dev/pilot" you need to choose "usb:" from the dropdown menu.

That should be all you need to do, but let us know how you get on.

Matt

On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 06:14 -0700, Nathan Owens wrote:
> It sounds like your distributions is using libusb. If so, then just
> choose "usb:device", as mentioned in the error message. You wouldn't
> need to rebuild the kernel or anything like that.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Landis McGauhey <b3zdomny gmail com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Landis McGauhey <b3zdomny gmail com>
> > Subject: error message at gpilotd initialization
> > To: gnome-pilot-list gnome org
> > Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 7:04 PM
> > Just reloaded my system with the
> > newest Debian kernel .  When attempting to establish my PDA
> > (Palm Zire 22), gpilotd returns the following
> > 
> > Failed to connect using device 'Cradle', on port
> > '/dev/pilot'.  Check your configuration, as you
> > requested old-style usbserial 'ttyUSB' syncing, but
> > do not have the usbserial 'visor' kernel module
> > loaded.  You may need to select a
> > 'usb:device.
> >  I do not know how to build or modify the
> > kernels and, frankly, given bad experiences I've had in
> > the past with automatic updates that installed new kernels,
> > it scares me a little.  But if that's what I must do to
> > get this PDA initialized, that's what I must do.  And I
> > would rather have a pilot node appear in /dev, than
> > mess around with trying to identify various usb nodes
> > there, which I find are liable to change and generally are a
> > pain in the neck.
> > 
> > 
> > Any advice would be appreciated.
> > 
> > cat /etc/issue:
> > Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 
> > 
> >  uname -a:
> > Linux [system name] 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP
> > Thu May 28 15:39:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
> > 
> > Thanks to everyone for your consideration.
> > 
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