Connecting to Handspring Visor device

[gso]

Device lines from GENERIC:

uvisor* at uhub?                # Handspring Visor
ucom*   at uvisor?

dmesg:

# uhub2: device problem, disabling port 2
# uvisor0 at uhub2 port 2 "Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2
uvisor0: init failed, TIMEOUT

Connection attempt:

# pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyU2 -l
uvisor0 detached
uvisor0 at uhub2 port 2 "Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld" rev 1.10/1.00 addr 2
   Unable to bind to port: /dev/ttyU2
   Please use --help for more information

# uvisor0: init failed, TIMEOUT

Man page uvisor(4).

This should work, is there some magic I am missing? (I know for example to get cups to work with a usb printer it is necessary to remove lpt [correction: ulpt?] devices from the kernel, am I missing something similar here [edit] ref. this thread http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=8719.)

[shep]

It has been awhile since I utilized a Palm pilot but what I recall is that I had to tap the sync icon on the Palm PIlot and then issue the command. I used jpilot at the time in Slackware.

This old OpenBSD guide also describes that same sequence.

[gso]

Not being connected to the net nobody much bothers with these things nowadays.

However if you think of them as (weakly) password protected USB flash memory then I think they still have their uses (and the Zire with its almost 'prophetic' iPhone'ish[1] looks is still quite a smart looking device).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Z22

Thanks for the link. However the extra magic incantation did not work on this occasion (at least as yet).

Do I have to create /dev/uvisor0? Does not seem to exist at the moment. (If so how.)

Edit: It could be a problem with the palm model I have... http://alenitchev.wordpress.com/2006...m-z22-openbsd/

Edit: The diff appears downloadable from here http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archiv.../msg00048.html [Edit: this diff does not patch.]

Edit: The FreeBSD uvisor(4) man page[1] lists the actual devices supported. I note that my Zire Z22 is reported by the kernel [correction, reported by usbdevs -dv] as being a Zire 31 - the latter is by no means an alias for the former[2], which could be the problem.
[1] http://internethell.net/man/?query=u...eBSD+9-current
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zire_Handheld

[shep]

I think the devices are only "seen" by the operating system for a limit time interval after pushing the "Sync" Button.

To test that connect the Palm via the usb cable, hit the sync button and immediately reissue the dmesg command. Hopefully, the Zire22 will be the last entry. I would also repeat the same sequence in another window with the # usbdev -vd command.

If the device shows up then post back. There are several way to establish read/write access. One is given in the cups README-main, the other in j65nko's howto mounting a usb device as a non-root user