Linux Support on USB Palm Pilots?

seachnasaigh asks: "I love desktop Linux, but the one stumbling block I have with deploying it in some capacity for my userbase is USB Palm Pilots. Once upon a time I managed to get GPilot working with a serial PalmVx, but despite repeated attempts (SuSE 9.2 pro, Fedora Core 3 and several Palm devices) I can't get a synch to happen with the USB version, either through the native Gnome Pilot app or through Evolution (and yes, Kpilot too!). Our standard deployment is a Palm Tungsten T series; most of our desktops are recent Dells. It's embarrassing to have to boot into Windows to synch the Palms. Does anyone have some suggestions out there?"

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Handspring works on the 2nd sync with J-Pilot

[crimethinker]

I use J-Pilot on SuSE 9.2 with my Handspring. The program has me press its sync button, then it says to press sync on my handheld. I've found that it very consistently times out on the first try, I hit "ok" on the Handspring, then tell J-Pilot to sync again, press the Handspring sync button, and everything works. I tried your suggestion (Handspring sync button first) but same results. It's a quirk that I tolerate to avoid dual-booting back to windows.

The other bit about /dev/ttyUSB1 is also extremely helpful; I found that in the FAQs and through google.

I suppose the moral of this post is that yes, it can be done. You might have a few bumps along the way, but for me personally it has been worth it.

-paul