Problem syncing Palm TX with jpilot on FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3

[Roland Smith]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:54:25PM +0100, Tony McC wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3 amd64 and am having trouble syncing my
> Palm TX with jpilot.  This used to work with 7.2-STABLE amd64 and I
> suspect I'm just not using the usb: connection correctly but have not
> been able to find a solution by searching the archives.  
> 
> I am running a custom kernel with "device uvisor" commented out, though
> the same problem occurs if I recompile with uvisor included. 
> 
> When I plug in the Palm TX I get the following at the end of dmesg
> output:
> 
> 	ugen0.4: <Palm, Inc.> at usbus0
> 	ugen0.4: <Palm, Inc.> at usbus0 (disconnected)
> 
> If I tell jpilot to sync with a Palm at usb: I get the following error
> message:
> 
> 	dlp_OpenConduit() failed
> 	Sync canceled
> 	Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_OPEN_CONDUIT
> 	Finished.
> 
> I also have the following in my /etc/devfs.rules:
> 
> 	add path 'ugen*' unhide mode 0660 group operator
> 
> and I am a member of the operator group.
> 
> What should I set to get hotsync working?

I think you have to add the following

 	add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator

It seems that the new libusb in 8.x doesn't use the ugen devices anymore, it
uses the new /dev/usb/* devices. Adding the above fixed gphoto2 for me on
8-BETA2.

Roland
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