[wellylug] Palm pilot USB hotsync problems

Colin & Josephine Lewis cjlewis at amcom.co.nz
Sat Mar 6 23:25:27 NZDT 2004


The following output was obtained following a full reboot of my PC and nothing 
plugged into the usb ports:

[root at localhost cjlewis]# ls /proc/bus/usb
001/  devices  drivers
[root at localhost cjlewis]# ls /proc/bus/usb/001
001
[root at localhost cjlewis]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
binfmt_misc             7020   1
i810                   61248  12
agpgart                40896   7  (autoclean)
lp                      8096   0
parport_pc             25096   1
parport                34176   1  [lp parport_pc]
snd-seq-oss            31104   0  (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      5640   0  [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq                42608   2  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss            43556   0
snd-mixer-oss          14488   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-ymfpci             47424   0
snd-opl3-lib            8036   0  [snd-ymfpci]
snd-hwdep               6368   0  [snd-opl3-lib]
snd-pcm                77536   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-ymfpci]
snd-timer              18376   0  [snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart         4396   0  [snd-ymfpci]
snd-rawmidi            17600   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          5832   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-opl3-lib 
snd-rawmidi]
snd-page-alloc          7732   0  [snd-ymfpci snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         40160   0  [snd-ymfpci]
snd                    40868   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq 
snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ymfpci snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-timer 
snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore               6276   0  [snd]
nfsd                   74256   0  (autoclean)
ppp_async               9216   0  (unused)
ppp_generic            24060   0  [ppp_async]
slhc                    6564   0  [ppp_generic]
af_packet              14952   0  (autoclean)
sr_mod                 16920   0  (autoclean)
floppy                 55132   0
nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
nls_cp850               4316   1  (autoclean)
vfat                   11820   1  (autoclean)
fat                    37944   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount             15296   3  (autoclean)
ide-cd                 33856   0
cdrom                  31648   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi               11280   0
scsi_mod              103284   2  [sr_mod ide-scsi]
usb-uhci               24652   0  (unused)
usbcore                72992   1  [usb-uhci]
rtc                     8060   0  (autoclean)
[root at localhost cjlewis]#

This is what I got after plugging my Acer into the usb port and turning it on 
(but without loading jpilot and attempting an actual hotsync):

[root at localhost cjlewis]# ls /proc/bus/usb
001/  devices  drivers
[root at localhost cjlewis]# ls /proc/bus/usb/001
001
[root at localhost cjlewis]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
binfmt_misc             7020   1
i810                   61248  13
agpgart                40896   7  (autoclean)
lp                      8096   0
parport_pc             25096   1
parport                34176   1  [lp parport_pc]
snd-seq-oss            31104   0  (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event      5640   0  [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq                42608   2  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss            43556   0
snd-mixer-oss          14488   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-ymfpci             47424   0
snd-opl3-lib            8036   0  [snd-ymfpci]
snd-hwdep               6368   0  [snd-opl3-lib]
snd-pcm                77536   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-ymfpci]
snd-timer              18376   0  [snd-seq snd-opl3-lib snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart         4396   0  [snd-ymfpci]
snd-rawmidi            17600   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          5832   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-opl3-lib 
snd-rawmidi]
snd-page-alloc          7732   0  [snd-ymfpci snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         40160   0  [snd-ymfpci]
snd                    40868   0  [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq 
snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ymfpci snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-pcm snd-timer 
snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore               6276   0  [snd]
nfsd                   74256   0  (autoclean)
ppp_async               9216   0  (unused)
ppp_generic            24060   0  [ppp_async]
slhc                    6564   0  [ppp_generic]
af_packet              14952   0  (autoclean)
sr_mod                 16920   0  (autoclean)
floppy                 55132   0
nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
nls_cp850               4316   1  (autoclean)
vfat                   11820   1  (autoclean)
fat                    37944   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount             15296   3  (autoclean)
ide-cd                 33856   0
cdrom                  31648   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi               11280   0
scsi_mod              103284   2  [sr_mod ide-scsi]
usb-uhci               24652   0  (unused)
usbcore                72992   1  [usb-uhci]
rtc                     8060   0  (autoclean)
[root at localhost cjlewis]#

Can someone give some interpretation to all of this?  The output of 
/proc/bus/usb appears to be the same both before and after.  The only change 
I can see in lsmod is in the 2nd line, where i810 'used by' changed from 12 
to 13.  There certainly seem to be the same number of entries in each case.  
Note that I did have to become root to get to run lsmod.

When going through the system startup I noticed that it reported 'mount USB 
filesystem   OK'.  I should also note that I have successfully used the usb 
port previously to download photos from my digital camera, if that helps at 
all.

I could always bring my box and palm along to the Hutt Lug meeting on the 25th 
if that would help so someone could have a hands on play with it, although I 
would like to be able to get things sorted before then if I could. 

thanks for all the help

Colin

On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 10:38 pm, JP wrote:
>  --- Colin & Josephine Lewis wrote:
> > I am trying to hotsync my new Acer palm powered
> > handheld to my PC which is
> > running jpilot (mdk 9.1), using the USB port, but
> > without any success.
>
> Some questions:
>
> 1) What's the output from the following commands,
> before you have plugged in the handheld:
> ls /proc/bus/usb
> lsmod  (you probably need to be root for that one)
>
> 2) What's the output of the same command after the
> handheld is plugged in (and turned on)?
>
> 3) What's the make and model of your Acer handheld?
>
> 1 and 2 will reveal whether or not your system is
> detecting the device and loading the right usb drivers
> (or any drivers at all).  To remove all doubt, they
> are best attempted following a hard reset with no Acer
> plugged in.
>
> 3 would make a Google search much easier.
>
> I've found this guide to be useful in the past:
> http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/p13.html
>
> This thread might also provide some clues, although
> less likely:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200308/msg03399.html
>
> Cheers
> Tony
>
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