I had something similar happening when I tried downloading from my digital camera, it never happened with any of my Palms, but anyway what fixed the camera problem was setting IRQs via :- /usr/sbin/hdparm -u1 /dev/hda Apparently a disk interrupt was affecting my serial download and this fixed it. Just place the above command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local & I hope that it works for you.
On 18 Dec 2001, Steffen Neumann wrote: > > Hi, > > We have the old "weird packet" (and now "unexpected packet" ;-) > problem using pilot-xfer in both todays CVS version (0.10.1) > and old 0.9.1 on several Compaq Alpha Workstations AU500 and XP1000 > running Tru64 4.0f (Fairly fast 500 MHz 320Meg 21264 CPUs) > and syncing to Palm V handhelds. > > We have so far no idea why it fails on some machines > wile being o.k. for others, but we can't have our users > queue up on the ones that do work... > > What we've tried so far: > > 1) Different Palms, some work, some don't > 2) Different Cradles, some work, some don't > 3) Different Workstations, some work, some don't > > Moving an affected Palm/Cradle combination to a different > Workstation helps, but again, we run out of serial ports > on some machines... > > Setting PILOTRATE to a lower value, say 57600, did not work, > it just takes longer 'til the problem arises. > > The problem does not occur at a specific file, > e.g. during backup, but apparently randomly. > A random Log is given below. > > I've seen similar problem reports on the web earlier, > but no solution so far. Problem occurs more with our power users, > that is people whos Palms are loaded with a few megabyte. > > We have the impression that we have to start > debugging the serial connection, but no clue where to start. > > Any Ideas ? We'd like to contribute making pilot-link > bullet-proof for the 1.0 release. > > Some clueless fiddling in the code did not help: > doubling xmitTimeout to 4*1000 > doubling xmitRetries to 20 > > So, any clues as to how we can help debugging this problem ? > > Yours, > Steffen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Backing up '/homes/sneumann/Palm/backup4//plucker.pdb'... > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > Failed, unable to back up database > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > > RAM backup done. > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > Time elapsed: 0:01:41 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > At got good packet > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > End padp_tx > Begin padp_rx > At got data > At sent Ack > At storing block > End padp_rx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > End padp_tx > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > End padp_tx > Failed, unable to back up database > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > End padp_tx > > RAM backup done. > Begin padp_tx > At "Reading Ack" > > Unexpected packet (possible port speed problem? out of sync packet?) > End padp_tx > Time elapsed: 0:01:03 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Corresponding PiDebug.log is available > at > http://www.TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE/~sneumann/PiDebug.log > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Regards, Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED -- The Pershing II missiles have been launched. _______________________________________________ Pilot-unix mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hcirisc.cs.binghamton.edu/mailman/listinfo/pilot-unix
