Questa pagina spiegherà come sincronizzare computer palmari Palm OS con Ubuntu.

Introduzione

Ci sono molti programmi che consentono la connessione di un dispositivo palmare con Linux. Questa guida coprirà i più diffusi programmi e metodi di connessione.

Programmi

gpilotd BR jpilotBR kpilotBR pilot-linkBR

Configurazione di un dispositivo Palm

Istruzioni

oppure per Kubuntu:

• sudo kate /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules
  }}]
  
    3. Inserire la seguente linea nel file vuoto:
  {{{
  BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Palm Handheld*", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME{ignore_remove}="pilot", MODE="666"

oppure

sudo kate /etc/modules

aggiungere alla fine

visor

e salvare il file. Riavviare il computer. È possibile anche caricarew il modulo immediatamente, senza riavviare il computer:

sudo modprobe visor

There you go. Every Palm synchronizing application I know of looks for the device at /dev/pilot. Gnome-pilot does, for sure. This simple fix allows your Palm device to finally be plug-and-play.

Extra Information

Information for this article comes from Writing UDEV Rules

Possible future TODO:

• See if newer "PalmOne", Handspring, or Treo devices have different product names, requiring more lines in the file.

• See if ttyUSB* is good enough for the majority, or if we need to use ttyUSB[13579].

Notes from other users

• Note: "jpilot" works self-contained and matches fields on your device. "kpliot" syncs with Kubuntu/KDE's Kontact and maps fields, as best it can.

• All Palm handhelds create 2 connections when the HotSync button is pushed. In most cases these are /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1. Your connections may vary, depending on what other USB devices you have connected.

• For most Palm devices, the data communication takes place on the second connection created (i.e. /dev/ttyUSB1). There are a handful of Palm devices which use the first connection to do data communication. You may have to try both to discover which is appropriate for your particular device. I once found a list specifying which devices went which way; alas I have lost it.
• I used these directions and they worked great. but after upgrading to gusty I had problems again. I seems that in gusty there is a udev rule already set up for palm devices that conflicted with this rule above. in the file "60-symlinks.rules" I commented out the rule that was for palm devices and my treo 650 syncs again like before. With the 2 rules together I was getting /dev/pilot becoming symlink to IT'S SELF. if you see some thing like this:

ls -l /dev/pilot lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2008-01-21 00:10 /dev/pilot -> pilot you might have a similar problem.

• If you experience unreliable syncing, consider hardware problems. Try another USB connection. If you are using a USB hub, eliminate it or try another. Don't be afraid to swap the USB cable either. These are easy things to try, and I have had syncing problems due to both a hub and a cable.
• I could not use the "ttyUSB*" kernel option, as udev kept creating the /dev/pilot symlink pointing to /dev/ttyUSB0. I had to specify "ttyUSB[13579]".
• Before creating too quickly a rule if your sync doesn't work, check if you don't already have a similar rule or line related to a Palm device. It was the case for me in Ubuntu 5.10. I had 2 custom rules (created before, in previous attempts) plus a basic one in the udev.rules file. To make it work, I had to delete all rules or lines related to Palm in my udev tree. Then create a brand new one as explained. Then test the results in pressing the Hotsync button and doing a ls -l /dev/ttyUSB* or ls -l /dev/pilo*. Something must show up if the rule is working. Once you're done go ahead for jpilot/gnomepilot/kpilot or wathever.

• To get my Palm T5 to sync I added line (BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="palmOne Handheld*", KERNEL="ttyUSB[13579]", SYMLINK="pilot), without (), to above described created file (gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/010-custom.rules). This was done with information found on link (http://andyspace.me.uk/node/250).

• Using the information from the link provided above I was able to setup my Treo650 to work on Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger). I ammended the line in the "010-custom.rules" file to the following: BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="Palm Handheld*", KERNEL=="ttyUSB[13579]*", SYMLINK=="treo". Then run the PalmDevices setup.

• I'm using Breeze Badger and I was having trouble syncing with all the information provided on this link. It would sync once and then not again, or maybe it was random but it didn't sync every time I tried. I switched to jpilot and changed the "010-custom.rules" file to: BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="PalmOne Handheld*", KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", NAME{ignore_remove}=="treo", MODE=="666". That worked like a charm for the Treo 650. Now it syncs every time.

• I'm using Edgy with Treo 650. I created a file named "/etc/udev/rules.d/010-custom.rules" containing 'BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="*[vVisor]*", KERNEL=="ttyUSB[13579]", SYMLINK+="pilot", GROUP="dialout", MODE="0660"'. I'm not sure if it's necessary, but I then did "/etc/init.d/udev restart". Even though it makes no sense, synchronization wasn't possible until I upped the speed in JPilot to 57600. Yeah, I know--it shouldn't matter--but it does. Now it syncs every time. If you're fighting with this, make sure you "sudo tail -f /var/log/messages" and keep an eye on "ls -l /dev/pilot". Also, make sure you're user has dialout permissions.

• Just a note on the difference between "==" and "=" in the above. The former is used for equality comparisons (as in BUS, SYSFS, & KERNEL), whereas the latter is for assignments (as in NAME & MODE). This is a very important distinction which if ignored will yield a rather elaborate udev no-op line in your rules file!

Works and requires the Visor module (above instructions) to load on boot.

Treo 680 on Feisty

I found that Feisty comes with all the right settings; notably no changes are needed to the rules files. However, the rules are set up such that the link /dev/pilot is created dynamically when the OS recognizes the palm device, at the time the hotsync button is pressed. This has complications for the sync software such as kpilot.

The sync software (notably the daemon that's opening the device node) must be started _after_ the hotsync button is pressed. Otherwise the OS might reassign the device node and the daemon will be looking at a stale device node.

This can be avoided by having the sync software talk to /dev/ttyUSB0 directly, rather than via the /dev/pilot, but if you use multiple serial devices, then they might confuse each other, as the OS will pick the next free device node, e.g. ttyUSB1, ...

Treo 755p on Heron

Treo isn't detected after hitting the sync button on the USB cable until I issue a "lsusb" command in the terminal. Then, it syncs properly via gnome-pilot. Note: I had to load the "visor" module but didn't have to alter any udev config files.

Palm Centro

Ubuntu 8.10 - Hardy Heron (amd64)

Evolution syncing with Palm Centro worked well after following the instructions above.

Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope (amd64)

in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules, add the line (all on one line):

BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Handspring Visor*", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME{ignore_remove}="pilot", MODE="666"

The Palm TX identifies itself as "Handspring Visor", not with a string starting with "Palm"

Palm T5 on Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic Koala

• Ubuntu: 2.6.31-20-generic (Feb 8 09:05:19 UTC 2010)
• Palm OS: Garnet v.5.4.8
• J-pilot: 1.6.2.4

With this combination, following the excellent instructions above, any attempt at syncing panics the Palm.

The workaround is File|Preferences|Conduits then disable all conduits except memo. This should permit you to sync successfully. Then enable one more conduit at a time until you find the culprit or you have all the conduits working that you require.

Categories Problem

With the above combination, sync removes all categories. This leaves all memo entries set to 'unfiled'.

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Notes for Releases

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty)BR Using Breezy, Dapper, Edgy synchronizing was no problem at all, but with Feisty nothing worked. After digging through the forums I found that the needed module visor is not loaded automatically, and should be added to /etc/modules. Then to make /dev/pilot an existing device follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PalmDeviceSetup. BR Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) BR Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) BR Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) BR

Gnome-pilot

Gnome-pilot is the default Palm synchronization software of Gnome. It can be installed from the repositories, look for gnome-pilot and gnome-pilot-conduits.

Three programs (commands) are part of this:

- gpilotd: do the synchronization. BR - gpilot-applet: applet for the Gnome panel. Allow synchronizing from the Palm's hot sync button. BR - gpilotd-control-applet: GUI for setup the options. BR

The first step is to add the applet to the Gnome panel. To do this right click somewhere on a free space in the panel and choose Add to Panel, then under the Utilities category choose Pilot Applet. After installation the applet a new icon appear in the panel. This icon allow automatic synchronizing the Palm just by pressing the hotsync button in the Palm. And by doing a this icon the program Pilot Settings pop up. This applet is the equivalent to the Hotsync icon in Windows.

then add WiFiCoreLib to exclude_files as follows:

exclude_files=WiFiCoreLib

Other conduits are available but are not mention here.

Evolution and Gnome-pilot

You can run the Palm Desktop software under VMWare and use the Palm HotSync Manager. USB syncing can be elusive to get working. Under VMWare Workstation 5.5.4 you may have to add

usb.generic.skipSetConfig = "TRUE"

to your .vmx file. You may have to unload the visor kernal module prior to starting your vitual machine using, for example,

sudo modprobe -r visor

Under Ubuntu 7.04 (Fiesty Fawn), you may have to mount usbfs using, for example,

mount -t usbfs usbfs /proc/bus/usb

or by adding the line

/proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb/ usbfs none 0 0

to your /etc/fstab file.

Troubleshooting

To verify that the palm has been detected after plugged and turned on type in a terminal:

gedit /var/log/messages

and check the last lines.

To take a look of the running processes type:

ps -A

To kill a process type:

kill ###

where ### is the number of the process.

An alternative way to move/copy files into the Palm is to move/copy the files to a memory card (SD, MS, ...) first using a card reader and Nautilus, then insert the card in the palm's slot and transfer it using a program like Filez FileZ.

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