[TriLUG] problem syncing palm zire 71 - no help from jpilot list, looking else where

[J. "Spydir Web" Powers]

I thought about that but it doesn't seem right because it's charging 
fine it's just not syncing.  It's insane and really annoying.

I tried what you said anyways but nothing changed.  I just can't figure 
out what's wrong and it's really bothering me...

Joshua Bedick wrote:
> Try pushing the 71 down in the cradle.  I know it sounds silly but I had
> a hell of a time getting mine to work regularly.  Once I bent the
> catches on the cradle forward (away from the cradle) things started
> working more reliably.  Before then I had to push the Zire down every
> time I synched.  I noticed when I went over the directions (last resort)
> that the correct way to place the Zire in the cradle is to tilt the top
> away from the cradle, insert it and then push it back.  I hope this
> helps.
> 
> Joshua
> 
> On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 20:04, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
> 
>>this is the weird problem I've faced with my zire 71
>>
>>I was syncing and backingup my zire 71 nightly for quite some time now.
>>  just tonight I attempted to sync and it didn't work so i tried
>>reloading the modules and it didn't work.  All my ttyUSB0/1 devices and
>>pilot are chmod 666, my usb subsystem, usbserial, and visor modules are
>>loaded properly, and in /var/log/messages it stays they're loading
>>without any errors.
>>
>>yet, when I attempt to sync, pilot-foto/xfer both just say it can't
>>connect to the device and the messages file doesn't display any new
>>lines.  I've tried everything I can think of, followed every README I
>>could find, and nothing has changed.  I just can't figure out what's wrong.
>>
>>does ANYONE have any ideas?  I'm thinking something might be wrong with
>>my palm itself but I REALLY hate the idea of sending it out to palm for
>>a replacement which probably will suffer the same problem
>>
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> 

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