[TriLUG] Zire 71 - anyone?

J. "Spydir Web" Powers spydir at netsyndrome.net
Wed Nov 19 17:43:54 EST 2003


http://pilot-link.org/README.usb

Andrew Perrin wrote:
> Has anyone got a Palm Zire 71 working with linux? I bought one (cheap, by
> the way, from overstock.com) but can't get it working so far. I'm using
> kernel 2.4.20, whose visor.{c|h} module theoretically has the zire 71
> built in, but the strong sense I'm getting is that it's not there for some
> reason.  Note the syslog entry when I try to sync:
> 
> Nov 18 21:57:08 joehill kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:10.0-1, assigned
> address 6
> Nov 18 21:57:08 joehill kernel: usb.c: USB device 6 (vend/prod 0x830/0x60)
> is not claimed by any active driver.
> Nov 18 21:57:11 joehill kernel: usb.c: registered new driver serial
> Nov 18 21:57:11 joehill kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered
> for Generic
> Nov 18 21:57:11 joehill kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial Driver core v1.4
> Nov 18 21:57:11 joehill kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered
> for Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / Cli<E9> 4.x
> Nov 18 21:57:11 joehill kernel: usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered
> for Sony Cli<E9> 3.5
> Nov 18 21:57:11 joehill kernel: visor.c: USB HandSpring Visor, Palm m50x,
> Sony Cli<E9> driver v1.6
> Nov 18 21:57:23 joehill kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.0-1
> address 6
> 
> 
> But when I try to connect to /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1, I get "no such
> device".  Similarly with /dev/usb/tts/*.
> 
> According to http://wiki.pilot-link.org/index.php/VisorStructures I should
> find PALM_ZIRE71 in the sources for the visor module. But I don't:
> 
> joehill:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers/usb/serial# grep ZIRE71 visor.*
> joehill:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers/usb/serial# grep ZIRE71 *
> joehill:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/drivers/usb/serial#
> 
> 
> 
> So something's odd here.  This, by the way, is debian testing (sid) with
> home-compiled kernel 2.4.20. Thanks for any help.
> 
> Andy
> 
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> Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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