I wrote:
>
> What does it take to get the timing right in trying to connect to
> a Palm OS PDA when using udev?
>
> I'm having a problem in which connecting seems to work only if
> I get the timing just right.
>
> Sometimes connecting works when I press the PDA cable's sync
> button before clicking on PilotManager's sync button (or running
> a pilot-link command such as "memos" or "addresses"), but
> sometimes it doesn't work. (The PDA eventually times out and
> PilotManager or the pilot-link command).
>
> It seemed to depend on the timing (working if starting the Linux-
> side software in 6 seconds or less), but then I got inconsistent
> symptoms (it didn't work at all).
>
> At one point, it also seemed to depend on whether I started with
> the PDA turned on or started with it off (pressing the sync button
> to both turn it on and initiate a connection), but, of course,
> later I got inconsistent symptoms. (It didn't work in either
> case.)
>
> (I suspect that at least some of the inconsistent symptoms were
> from accidentally having hung PilotManager processes still
> hanging around with /dev/pilot open.)
>
> (It never seems to work if I nc button
^^
Oops. "... if I click on PilotManager's sync button ..."
> (or run a pilot-link command) _before_ pressing the PDA cable's
> sync button.)
>
> (And, of course, it doesn't work if I click on PilotManager's
> sync button (etc.) before turning the PDA on, since udev hasn't
> created the /dev/pilot device file yet.)
>
> So do PilotManager and pilot-link programs work with udev?
>
> Does udev work with program likes PilotManager and pilot-link?
>
> (Does udev not properly accommodate for needs of such programs?
> Do those programs make bad (or just old) assumptions about
> devices? Is something else the problem?)
>
> My PDA is a PalmOne Tungsten T5.
>
> I'm running a Sarge system with udev (Sarge's 0.056-3) and kernel
> 2.6.8 (Sarge's 2.6.8-16sarge1).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
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> Daniel B.
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