Try USBView to see if the usb connection is recognized.
Roly
On Tuesday 02 March 2004 07:24 pm, g wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm a newbie and admit that I have little idea what I am doing.
> I am trying to get my Sony USB based palm pilot (model PEG-SJ22) to synch
> with built in programs under mandrake 9.2
> I am currently using the Gnome desktop, and have tried synching with both
> jpilot as well as kpilot.
>
> When I try to synch, this is what kpilot has to say about it:
>
> ==================================
>
> Version: KPilot 4.3.10 (BRANCH)
> Version: pilot-link 0.11.8
> Version: KDE 3.1.3
> Version: Qt 3.1.2
>
> HotSync Log
>
> 22:17:01 Pilot device /dev/pilot doesn't exist. Assuming the device uses
> DevFS.
> 22:17:02 Trying to open device...
> 22:17:02 Could not open device: /dev/pilot (will retry)
> 22:17:08 Device link ready.
> 22:17:08 Checking last PC...
> 22:17:09 KPilot 4.3.10 (BRANCH) HotSync starting...
>
> 22:17:09 [Conduit abbrowser_conduit]
> 22:17:09 Running with flags:
> 22:17:10 No Files to install
> 22:17:10 End of HotSync
>
> 22:17:10 HotSync Completed.
> 22:17:12 Pilot device /dev/pilot doesn't exist. Assuming the device uses
> DevFS.
> 22:17:13 Trying to open device...
> 22:17:13 Could not open device: /dev/pilot (will retry)
> ==================================
>
> There does seem to be some communication taking place between the computer
> and PDA as the PDA hotsynch log registers:
> "KPilot 4.3.10 (BRANCH) HotSynch" and shows the proper date and time that I
> tried to initiate the synch.
>
> I have tried various settings both on the pilot as well as in kpilot.
> What does "/dev/pilot" mean? I looked in the /dev directory and found no
> entry for "pilot". Do I need to create this? If so how?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated !
> Thanks a bunch.
> Gideon Turner
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