Problems with Palm hotsync

[Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org>]

I posted a similar message to the jpilot list.

I'm trying to get my Palm m500 to hotsync by using a usb/visor script.  If
I run the script from the command line it works fine, but when run by
usb.agent hotsyncing hangs.

I'm looking for debugging tips to help solve the problem.

I upgraded to 2.4.20 from 2.4.18 a few days ago so that modules would get
unloaded correctly.  2.4.20 solved that problem, but now I can't hotsync
and I've even received Kernel Oops while trying to hotsync.

Here's my usb/visor script:

#!/bin/sh
logger "********** Start ************"
sleep 2
/bin/su moseley -c /usr/bin/jpilot-sync
logger "** end **"
/sbin/rmmod visor usbserial

When I press hotsync the Palm says "identifying user" and then hangs.  I
see the "** Start **" message in syslog.

I then tap cancel on the Palm m500 and after a few seconds I see the "**
end **" message.


Now both of these things work:

1) If I *replace* the call to jpilot-sync above with

   logger "running!"

the script runs to completion and I see all the messages in the syslog.

2) If I rename visor to visor.tmp (so the hotplug agent doens't run it)
and then hit the hotsync button (which loads the visor and usbserial
modules) and then I run as root ./visor.tmp then it syncs correctly.


I'm running 2.4.20, jpilot 0.99.3 and the debian hotplug package
0.0.20020826-1.

BTW -- when trying to use the visor script (and it hangs) when I press
cancel I set:

  Jan  1 14:28:35 bumby kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 193

I assume that's due to tapping "cancel" on the Palm.


Anyone have any ideas where to look or what else to test?


-- 
Bill Moseley moseley@hank.org




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