[CLUE-Tech] more usb palm m505 sync problems

[James LaRue]

I'm stumped. I can't get the M505 to sync via USB, using JPilot.

First, I'm running JPilot 0.99.7 on Knoppix (on a Dell Precision 450, 
256 megs of RAM, 80 gigs hd). Before moving to Knoppix, I was running 
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3 WS, and did synch successfully with usb. I 
have just completed both an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. At the 
end of that, I got this message:

"/proc/bus/usb must be mounted to use libusb

libusb uses a pseudo-filesystem known as 'usbdevfs` or 'usbfs` to access
the USB devices connected to your machine. This filesystem must be
mounted under /proc/bus/usb for libusb to work.

Currently, it is not mounted, hence this note.

Adding the line
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0
to your /etc/fstab file will mount the usbfs for you automatically at
boot time ; only root will be able to access the USB devices with this
setup."

I finished the upgrade, and rebooted. But that line was NOT in my 
/etc/fstab file. So I added it manually, and rebooted. Then the line did 
appear.

I created a link from /dev/ttyUSB1 to /dev/pilot
I created a link from /dev/ttyUSB1 to /dev/visor

In JPilot, I made sure the setting was for /dev/pilot.

The lsmod command told me that usbserial and visor modules were not 
loaded. I used modprobe to do so, successfully.

I checked to see if there was a /proc/bus/usb directory.

root at cadmus:/home/jlarue# ls /proc/bus/usb
001  002  003  devices  drivers

Nothing appears in /proc/devices. This makes me believe the modules are 
not loading.

So the test: I check the USB port of the cradle, into which I am snugly 
plugged. (I have power to the cradle.) I hit the hotsync on the Palm 
M505, then hit sync in JPilot.
JPilot quit with "pi_bind Invalid argument
Check your serial port and settings
Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND
Finished"

The Palm timed out with "the connection between your handheld computer 
and the desktop could not be established."

The only other thing I can think of is the results of lspci -v:

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01) 
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
       Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 012d
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
       I/O ports at ff60 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01) 
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
       Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 012d
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
       I/O ports at ff40 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB2 (rev 01) (prog-if 20 
[EHCI])
       Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 012d
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
       Memory at fe500800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
       Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
       Capabilities: [58] #0a [2080]

I even tried the sync on another USB port (in front of the machine, 
instead of in back), which I had successfully used to read a usbkey drive.

Possibly relevant messages is /var/log/messages

Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 
20:50:29 Oct
3 2003
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff80, IRQ 16
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned 
bus number 1
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff60, IRQ 19
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned 
bus number 2
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xff40, IRQ 18
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned 
bus number 3
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host 
Controller
Interface driver
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device 
Class driverApr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage 
driver...
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) 
with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI ISAPNP enabled
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-1, assigned 
address 2
Apr  5 10:28:18 cadmus kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional 
printer dev
2 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x0317

Apr  5 10:30:22 cadmus kernel: usb.c: registered new driver serial
Apr  5 10:30:22 cadmus kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support 
registered for Generic
Apr  5 10:30:22 cadmus kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
Apr  5 10:30:25 cadmus kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support 
registered for Handspring Visor / Treo / Palm 4.0 / Cli? 4.x
Apr  5 10:30:25 cadmus kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support 
registered for Sony Cli? 3.5
Apr  5 10:30:25 cadmus kernel: visor.c: USB HandSpring Visor, Palm m50x, 
Treo, Sony Cli? driver v1.7
Apr  5 10:48:04 cadmus kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.2-1, assigned 
address
Apr  5 10:48:04 cadmus kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass 
Storage devices
Apr  5 10:48:07 cadmus usb.agent[807]: kernel driver usb-storage already 
loaded
Apr  5 10:48:20 cadmus kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.2-1 
address 2

Help, oh great ones!

-- 
Jamie LaRue, Director
Douglas County Libraries
Voice: 303-688-7656
Email: jlarue @ jlarue.com

"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door." - Jack Handey