[Gllug] Urgent Help re USB please

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 13:56, Doug Winter wrote:
> On Fri 05 Mar Sharon Kimble wrote:

> For a palm pilot, you need a kernel module that knows how to talk to
> them.  For mine, the 'visor' module does the stuff:
> 
> # modprobe visor
> 
> I believe this should work with your m130 too.

All Palm devices use the visor module, and the m130 is definitely
supported - I've had to back one up at work.

> Very irritatingly, you MUST hit the sync button before running your sync
> program, because it doesn't get allocated the serial port until you hit
> sync.  The usb modules get all confused if you try to use /dev/ttyUSB0
> before there is something on there.

With newer versions of pilot-link, when the open on the device fails, it
backs off and sleeps for two seconds, and then tries again, so this is
no longer necessary.

Mike.

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