[ale] Sync a Palm Tungsten T5 with Linux

[Nathan J. Underwood]

Has anyone on the list had any luck with syncing a Palm Tungsten T5 with 
Linux?  I would be willing to use Evolution or Kontact as my PIM, and am 
not tied to KDE or Gnome.  I've dug around, and tried the various 
syncing tools (gpilot and ksync, I believe), but can't seem to get all 
of the various pieces talking.  Below is what I've been able to figure 
out thus far:

 - USB is working (I have an iPod that I use as [basically] a huge 
thumbdrive, and can mount / umount it).  I also have a 250GB external 
USB harddrive for when the iPod isn't big enough.
 - I can tail /var/log/messages, and see the following when I connect 
the device and press the 'sync' button: (see log snippet below)
 - Both USB devices seem to be owned by root
 - Both USB devices are only present when the Palm is connected (so, if 
I change the permissions, disconnect, and reconnect, perms are back to 
root only)


Has anyone had any luck with one of these neat but expensive (and 
seemingly useless, if you use Linux) PDA's?

** Begin Log Snippet **
Sep 17 14:09:30 l64-wks kernel: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: wakeup
Sep 17 14:09:30 l64-wks kernel: usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using 
ohci_hcd and address 2
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB 
Serial support registered for Generic
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: usbcore: registered new driver 
usbserial_generic
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbserial
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB 
Serial Driver core v2.0
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB 
Serial support registered for Handspring Visor / Palm OS
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB 
Serial support registered for Sony Clie 3.5
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB 
Serial support registered for Sony Clie 5.0
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: visor 3-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm 
OS converter detected
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: usb 3-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: usb 3-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS 
converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: usbcore: registered new driver visor
Sep 17 14:09:31 l64-wks kernel: drivers/usb/serial/visor.c: USB 
HandSpring Visor / Palm OS driver v2.1
** End Log Snippet **