[TriLUG] problem syncing palm zire 71 - no help from jpilot list, looking else where

[Joshua Bedick]

Try pushing the 71 down in the cradle.  I know it sounds silly but I had
a hell of a time getting mine to work regularly.  Once I bent the
catches on the cradle forward (away from the cradle) things started
working more reliably.  Before then I had to push the Zire down every
time I synched.  I noticed when I went over the directions (last resort)
that the correct way to place the Zire in the cradle is to tilt the top
away from the cradle, insert it and then push it back.  I hope this
helps.

Joshua

On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 20:04, J. "Spydir Web" Powers wrote:
> this is the weird problem I've faced with my zire 71
> 
> I was syncing and backingup my zire 71 nightly for quite some time now.
>   just tonight I attempted to sync and it didn't work so i tried
> reloading the modules and it didn't work.  All my ttyUSB0/1 devices and
> pilot are chmod 666, my usb subsystem, usbserial, and visor modules are
> loaded properly, and in /var/log/messages it stays they're loading
> without any errors.
> 
> yet, when I attempt to sync, pilot-foto/xfer both just say it can't
> connect to the device and the messages file doesn't display any new
> lines.  I've tried everything I can think of, followed every README I
> could find, and nothing has changed.  I just can't figure out what's wrong.
> 
> does ANYONE have any ideas?  I'm thinking something might be wrong with
> my palm itself but I REALLY hate the idea of sending it out to palm for
> a replacement which probably will suffer the same problem
> 
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