[ale] syncing a palm via serial/usb device?

[Robert L. Harris]

Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at 3times25.net):

> Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> >Anything in your /var/log/messages or dmesg?
> 
> Not much of any use, other then looking like all should work:
> 
> hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-1, assigned address 2
> usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x50d/0x109) is not claimed by any active 
> driver.
> usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Magic Control Technology 
> USB-RS232
> usbserial.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter detected
> usbserial.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter now attached 
> to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs)
> mct_u232.c: Magic Control Technology USB-RS232 converter driver v1.1
> usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Treo / 
> Palm 4.0 / Cli? 4.x
> usbserial.c: USB Serial support registered for Sony Cli? 3.5
> visor.c: USB HandSpring Visor, Palm m50x, Treo, Sony Cli? driver v1.7
> 
> 
> >My handspring actually
> >used /dev/ttyUSB1 while my old Palm3 used /dev/ttyUSB0.
> 
> Noting above, it is referencing /dev/ttyUSB0.
> 
> >Try hitting the
> >hotsync button and running "lsusb".  This is from the usbutils package
> >on debian.
> 
> SuSE has lsusb as well.
> 
> The device is already visible:
> 
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 054c:0069 Sony Corp. Memorystick MSC-U03 Reader
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 050d:0109 Belkin Components F5U109 PDA Adapter
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> 
> Also in /proc/bus/usb/devices:
> 
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#=  2 Spd=12  MxCh= 0
> D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=16 #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=050d ProdID=0109 Rev= 1.02
> S:  Manufacturer=Belkin USB PDA Adapter
> S:  Product=Belkin Components
> S:  SerialNumber=322699

It's see'ing the Belkin PDA adapter but doesn't seem to understand the
actual Palm device.

> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
> Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft
> 
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