trying to sync sj20 to linux

[thediggityone]

i have redhat linux 7.3 kernel version 2.4.19
and as the title of the post suggests i am trying to sync my clie with linux b/c personally i like the look and feel of linux over windoze
i am somewhat of a newbie
but i have a usb keyboard and mouse and they both work obviously my clie is plugged into my keyboard (it has usb ports in it) my mouse is plugged into one of the ports and it works also
right now i am just looking for any kind of help anyone is wiling to offer
also i did install pilot-link i might have to try coldsync
by the way when i do an lsmod this is what it shows
Module Size Used by Not tainted
visor 11936 0 (unused)
usbserial 20576 0 [visor]
sr_mod 16056 0 (autoclean)
via82cxxx_audio 20288 0 (autoclean)
uart401 7744 0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio]
ac97_codec 12256 0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio]
sound 69260 0 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore 6212 4 (autoclean) [via82cxxx_audio sound]
mga 105872 16
agpgart 40096 3
binfmt_misc 7236 1
autofs 11140 0 (autoclean) (unused)
tulip 41312 1
ipchains 40008 11
ide-scsi 9376 0
ide-cd 30144 1
cdrom 31968 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
nls_iso8859-1 3488 2 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 5120 2 (autoclean)
vfat 11804 2 (autoclean)
fat 36184 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
keybdev 2464 0 (unused)
mousedev 5024 1
hid 20608 0 (unused)
input 5696 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 24292 0 (unused)
usbcore 71104 1 [visor usbserial hid usb-uhci]
ext3 64768 2
jbd 47892 2 [ext3]
aic7xxx 128224 0 (unused)
sd_mod 12832 0 (unused)
scsi_mod 104800 4 [sr_mod ide-scsi aic7xxx sd_mod]

any help is greatly appreciated

[majormajor]

Make sure you are using a recent version of pilot-link. You can find out what version with:

pilot-xfer -v

Version 0.11.5 or better will work (it works for me anyway).

There are still issues with usb connections and pilot-link. You will have to press the hotsync button on the cradle before you run a pilot-link application.

To see if pilot-link is working:
* put the pda in the cradle
* press the hotsync button
* pilot-xfer -l

This should give you a list of the applications installed on the pda.

All my experience is with a clie peg t-425, but I'd imagine the same applies for the sj20.

[mamaloucos]

Try this and see what you get - login as root open a terminal and type:

tail -f /var/log/messages

assuming your palm is plugged in, press the hotsync buttons and read the output in the terminal window.
It should work out your device and then assign it two ports /dev/ttyUSB0 & /dev/ttyUSB1
On my Clie NR70 it actually uses /dev/ttyUSB0.
I found that pilot-link needed to be told where the port was, as it was looking for a connection on /dev/pilot, so I type:

export PILOTPORT=/dev/ttyUSB0

type the folllowing, but don't hit return

pilot-xfer -l

press the hot sync button and wait a good three seconds, or watch your /var/ log/messages in that terminal and wait untill the "Setup visor for USB product.........." bit appears. Then press return on the above command. You should get a list of the files on your Palm.

On first look it looks like you've got the right modules. I've got Mandrake 9 with the 2.4.19 kernel and have found pilot links works well. Having said that Jpilot is very good and easier and gpilot (the gnome variant) is amazing as it syns my clie with all my contacts in Evolution.

What I have worked out is that the 2.4.19 kernel won't mount the memory stick as a USB mass storage device (I notice you haven't got the usb-storage module) you'll need a newer kernel for that.

Hope this is some use

Mat

[zipslack]

Something else you should do before going too far....load the visor module for USB palm/clie/visor support.

/sbin/modprobe visor

This loads any needed USB modules that are needed specifically to access USB palm devices.

[MrBook]

I found that I had issues syncing my SJ-30 with linux if I didn't load my modules in the correct order (I may have imagined this, it was pretty late). I will check out what modules I have loaded and get back to you, but my SJ-30 and Debian Linux are getting along just fine.