No USB hotsync

[almala]

Hello, can anyone give me some help with getting a Handspring Visor to hotsync through a USB connection (using jpilot).

I'm using Knoppix 3.3. My other USB devices are working (printer, mouse, and flash memory stick), although if I run 'USB View' nothing is detected (any suggestions about this would also be welcome).

I have created links with both /dev/ttyUSB0 and 1 but nothing happens. /dev/pilot seems to be set up for an ordinary serial connection.

Apart from this I'm really happy with Knoppix, after so many unsuccesful attempts to install Debian using my own wit and cunning---clearly inadequate!

Regards, almala



Here are the results of lspci and lsmod:

lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ec000000-edffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
I/O ports at e400 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1a) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 12
I/O ports at e800 [size=32]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 8001
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
I/O ports at ec00 [size=64]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: S3 Inc. 86C394-397 Savage4
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11
Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>



lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
ppp_deflate 2936 0 (autoclean)
zlib_deflate 17304 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate]
bsd_comp 3992 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 7232 1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 22816 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 4560 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
lp 7492 0 (autoclean)
visor 10508 0 (unused)
usbserial 17532 0 [visor]
autofs4 8756 0 (unused)
agpgart 38296 0 (unused)
es1371 30120 0 (unused)
gameport 1388 0 [es1371]
ac97_codec 11884 0 [es1371]
soundcore 3428 4 [es1371]
parport_pc 24840 1
parport 22496 1 [lp parport_pc]
nls_iso8859-1 2844 1
nls_cp437 4348 1
serial 51972 2
usb-storage 60960 1
hid 21380 0 (unused)
mousedev 3832 1
input 3168 0 [hid mousedev]
scanner 9948 0 (unused)
printer 7680 0
usb-uhci 21836 0 (unused)
usbcore 57472 0 [visor usbserial usb-storage hid scanner printer usb-uhci]
apm 9768 1
rtc 6908 0
ext3 63940 1
jbd 46100 1 [ext3]

[rickenbacherus]

Not too hard really. Check these things:

ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot

Give /dev/ttyUSB1 666 permissions:

chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB*

Make sure the drivers are loaded:

lsmod|grep usb
usbserial 19068 0 [visor]
usb-ohci 19560 0 (unused)
usbmouse 2012 0 (unused)
input 3296 0 [mousedev usbmouse hid]
usbcore 61024 1 [visor usbserial usb-ohci usbmouse hid]

*NOTE* If you have an older USB hub you might need the usb-uhci driver instead of ohci. How do you find out?

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

*NOTE* I did not try linking /dev/pilot to ttyUSB0 because as you can see by the drivers loaded I use a USB mouse and it likes i.d. 0 - it may work on i.d. 0 if you have nothing else there- I dunno.

Also, I have yet to try this on my KDE desktop so I've not used Kpilot but it seems equally easy to configure. I've installed Evolution and a few extras on my Morphix lightgui actually.

apt-get install evolution gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduit\ libgnome-pilot2 autopilot pilot-link libpda-pilot-perl

apt will give you the opprtunity to configure the symlinks during the installation. You gotta love Debian. If you goof it or are just plain afraid of symlinks just do a:

dpkg-reconfigure pilot-link

If you have USBview installed great. If not you can do:

cat /prob/bus/usb/devices

BUT the sync is fairly fast so you might not get the chance to see it without USBview. So...fireup usbview and then in Evolution go to Tools>PilotSettings. Just walk on through making sure to match the configuration with what you did here. Hit the sync button on your visor and watch usbview- You should hear a triumphant little tune and see HandspringVisor pop up in usbview for only as long as it takes to sync.

So now I'm off to dl some apps or maybe even figure out how to get Linux to run on this thing. Perhaps we could make this an occasionally updated collection of Knoppix/PDA related materials?

HTH

[almala]

Well I'm mystified, and grateful too---it worked! But I'd already done the same; maybe it was all in the reboot, or perhaps you just happen to know what you're doing. Anyway thanks for that.

I did try the apt-get suggestion for Evolution, but it's throwing up dependancy issues. Evolution is certainly a nice GUI for a diary, etc., but jpilot gives me peditpro memos and is good enough for everything else so I'll stick with it.

Thanks again.

Regards, almala

[rickenbacherus]

Well I'm mystified, and grateful too---it worked! But I'd already done the same; maybe it was all in the reboot, or perhaps you just happen to know what you're doing. Anyway thanks for that.

cool- glad you got it working

I did try the apt-get suggestion for Evolution, but it's throwing up dependancy issues. Evolution is certainly a nice GUI for a diary, etc.,

Ah yes dependencies....but at the risk of sounding like a posterchild for Evolution I daresay that Evolution is a wee bit more than a gui for a diary. :P Nonetheless Jpilot is also a nice app and in Debian.

I have been using pilot-link to install apps to the pda.

pilot-xfer /dev/pilot -i application.prc

It will give you a few retries until you hit the hotsync button on the cradle.