I now have my Axim x51 syncing with an exchange server and WinXP via ActiveSync running in Vmware-player on a Kubuntu Gutsy host. The causes of the problem were:
1. The first time I tried to connect the PDA to the machine it failed. This left the PDA in a state where it would connect to my home windows PC but was not detected by the vmware host (kubuntu gutsy) machine so it wouldn't appear in "lsusb" or "lshal". This was only fixed by a soft reset of the PDA. This seems to be a bug in the Axim. 2. Upgrading from Kubuntu Feisty to Gutsy changed something in the way the PDA talks to the vmware guest OS over USB. This lead to the problem of not being able to assign an IP address to the PDA from the WinXP guest OS. This caused problem (1) above. I don't think this can necessarily be called a bug, but something changed in either Gutsy or the vmware-player debs available for Gutsy. 3. The failure to assign an IP problem was solved by Koen (many thanks) above with On PDA : Start->Settings->Connections->USBtoPC->"Enable advanced network functionality" -- disable this But this option was not available on my x51 because I was running an older version of the Flash ROM (A05) and needed to upgrade to A12 before this option was available to use. See the instructions at Aximsite. http://www.aximsite.com/boards/x50-x51-forums/131684-a06-a12-step-step.html Hope this fix helps others in the same boat. -- [SOLVED] USB PDA not detected since gutsy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157279 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs