[PALM] Goal of the day: Get that Zire 72 working on linux !

Hi,

I am trying to get my handheld - PALM Zire 72 working on my Fedora Core 1 box.

I have already done the following:

• Read the PALM device HOWTO.
  But did not comprehend how to set $PILOTPORT ?
  
  
  [nerdy@gizmoX nerdy]$ pilot-xfer -l
  No $PILOTPORT specified and no -p given.
  Defaulting to '/dev/pilot'
  
  Unable to bind to port: /dev/pilot
  Please use --help for more information
  
  [nerdy@gizmoX nerdy]$
  
  
  
• I have connected the device thru the USB cable and got this using dmesg:
  
  [dmesg-output]
  
  PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
  HDLC line discipline: version $Revision: 3.6 $, maxframe=4096
  N_HDLC line discipline registered.
  divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device ppp0
  eth1: Promiscuous mode enabled.
  device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
  divert: no divert_blk to free, ppp0 not ethernet
  divert: not allocating divert_blk for non-ethernet device ppp0
  ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
  ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1015 buckets, 8120 max) - 292 bytes per conntrack
  ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
  ip_conntrack version 2.1 (1015 buckets, 8120 max) - 292 bytes per conntrack
  hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-1, assigned address 3
  usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x830/0x61) is not claimed by any active driver.
  usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.2-1 address 3
  hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-1, assigned address 4
  usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x830/0x61) is not claimed by any active driver.
  usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1f.2-1 address 4
  hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.2-1, assigned address 5
  usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x830/0x61) is not claimed by any active driver.
  [nerdy@gizmoX nerdy]$
  
  [/dmesg-output]
  
  
• Does versa mail work with Evolution ?
  
  
• Avantgo was working fine until, I needlessly clicked on some .mal fine in Wind(bl)ows and all that beautiful Avantgo stuff came loose ! :(( Now all I get is some message saying You have successfully installed Avantgo sync now to get your channels ! :(( I did and things got overwritten.
  
  

Please help.

TIA.

-nerdy

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