[TriLUG] treo/linux compatibility

[Ron Joffe]

On Saturday 21 August 2004 15:05, Jason Tower wrote:
> i'm considering switching my mobile phone service over to sprint, mainly
> so i can take advantage of a treo 300 pda/phone (which i'll have to
> purchase from ebay or wherever since sprint no longer sells them - just
> the $400+ treo 600).  is it safe to assume that the 300 will work with
> my existing jpilot dataset and sync up without any major headaches?
>
> jason

Jason,

From: J-Pilot Discussion List <jpilot at jpilot.org>

>
>I have been using a Treo 300 with jpilot for a couple weeks and been 
>extremely
>happy with the combination.
>
>
>I have:
>
>Treo 300
>Linux kernel 2.4.25 # with the 'visor' module enabled 
>CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_VISOR=m
>Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody)
>pilot-link     0.9.5.0-8
>jpilot         0.99.2-2
>
>The first time I ran "modprobe visor" manually and then pluged the unit into
>the USB port, and jpilot just worked.  Later I used the debian "modconf"
>utility to load the visor module on boot for future uses.  If you have
>questions or care to compare setups I'd be happy to help you out, just send
>me 
>an email off list.


Ron