Additional information for Fedora pilot-link users ================================================== pilot-link-0.12.2-10.fc8 and later versions are configured to enable the use of libusb for console users - permissions are now handled by PolicyKit. For more information on libusb see README.libusb. IMPORTANT: If your Palm device is plugged in at the time of the upgrade (or you are experiencing difficuly with having the Palm device recognized) you should probably unplug and replugin in your device after the upgrade for the new HAL configuration to take effect. If kernel module 'visor' is activated then the HAL USB solution may not work - so it may be necessary to remove it manually (use command /sbin/modprobe visor) or reboot the computer. pilot-link libusb support is relatively new and may still be incompatible with some handheld devices. If you experience such a problem you may want to try the older "visor module" USB method described below. A long discussion about this problem is at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=280251. If this discussion does not help you, please report a bug to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ Visor module setup ------------------ The Visor module is a backwards compatibility solution to expose the USB connection of newer Palm handhelds as a serial device, which is what older versions of pilot-link and dependent packages require to work. Unfortunately this solution is inherently imperfect when used with udev (as Fedora does) - you may have to tweak your individual setup. 1) disable libusb: remove (or comment out the contents) of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-visor 2) Configure udev to detect the Palm and create /dev/pilot: copy 60-pilot.rules from /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/ to /etc/udev/rules.d/ 3) Configure permissions so that a console user can access /dev/pilot: copy 60-pilot.perms from /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/ to /etc/security/console.perms.d/ If your palm is not working you could try to change the symlink created in 60-pilot.rules - change the tag KERNEL=="ttyUSB[13579]" to KERNEL=="ttyUSB[02468]". For a discussion of the inherent problems related to the Visor module, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=158809 Old serial (non-USB) handhelds ------------------------------ Older serial (non-USB) handhelds can be directly addressed by pilot link on their serial port (e.g. /dev/ttyS0) or /dev/pilot can be symlinked to the serial port. Kevin R. Page, 2007-12-11 Alex Lancaster, 2008-01-07