Description of problem: I cannot synchronize my USB-connected Palm Tungsten E2 with the desktop. If I select the "usb:" device option in the "Device Settings" dialog of "gnome-pilot Settings", I get a complaint about the visor module being loaded. If I instead select /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1--both of which appear after I hit the hotsync button on the pilot and disappear when the pilot gives up trying to hit the desktop--all I get is two "gnome-pilot Settings" windows and no synchronizations. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-pilot-2.0.15-10.fc8 How reproducible: Reproducible 100% of the time, so far as I can tell. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Plug in a Palm Tungsten E2 to a USB port. 2. Configure gnome-pilot, either via Evolution or via the gnome pilot applet, to connect to the pilot via USB. 3. Attempt to hotsync. Actual results: No synchronization occurs. Expected results: My palm pilot data should be synchronized with Evolution. Additional info: The ttyUSB* devices show up with clearly incorrect permissions: crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 0 2008-01-25 14:34 /dev/ttyUSB0 crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 188, 1 2008-01-25 14:34 /dev/ttyUSB1 I have had the exact same problem symptoms under Fedora Core 6, though so far as I can remember, the permissions on the device(s) were correct. I have tried using the "usb:" device for syncing, but I find I have to shut down the hal daemon, which has configuration to load the visor module. Even then, visor gets loaded anyway when I hit the hotsync button. Force-unloading visor after that only stops gpilotd from popping up windows complaining about visor being loaded; it still fails to synchronize. Maybe I'm missing some simple piece of configuration somewhere, but darned if I know what or where! For the record, I also noticed that the release notes mention better bluetooth support, including support for synchronizing a Palm Pilot via bluetooth...but I can find no such configuration option in the gnome pilot settings.
I just got my Treo to sync properly by installing this version of pilot-link https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=35760. I have no idea why it hasn't been pushed to updates or testing yet so it might do other bad stuff. Can you try to see if that works? After installing it I set my device to be "usb:" and the type to be usb and it worked as soon as I hit the sync button.
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Is this problem still present on Fedora 10 or later?
I don't know if the USB problem is present, but I can successfully synchronize via Bluetooth, so I'm happy.
Thanks for responding. Closing as WORKSFORME per comment #4.