[ale] syncing a palm via serial/usb device?

[Geoffrey]

Robert L. Harris wrote:

> Anything in your /var/log/messages or dmesg?

Not much of any use, other then looking like all should work:

hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-1, assigned address 2
usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x50d/0x109) is not claimed by any active 
driver.
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Magic Control Technology 
USB-RS232
usbserial.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter detected
usbserial.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter now attached 
to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
mct_u232.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter driver v1.1
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Treo / 
Palm 4.0 / Cli? 4.x
usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Cli? 3.5
visor.c: USB HandSpring Visor, Palm m50x, Treo, Sony Cli? driver v1.7


> My handspring actually
> used /dev/ttyUSB1 while my old Palm3 used /dev/ttyUSB0.

Noting above, it is referencing /dev/ttyUSB0.

> Try hitting the
> hotsync button and running "lsusb".  This is from the usbutils package
> on debian.

SuSE has lsusb as well.

The device is already visible:

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 054c:0069 Sony Corp. Memorystick MSC-U03 Reader
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:0109 Belkin Components F5U109 PDA Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

Also in /proc/bus/usb/devices:

C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=16 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=050d ProdID=0109 Rev= 1.02
S:  Manufacturer=Belkin USB PDA Adapter
S:  Product=Belkin Components
S:  SerialNumber=322699

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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