<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Handspring-Visor with Linux mini-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Standard Information" HREF="stanrd.html"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="Linux"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="Handspring"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="Visor"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="USB"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="pilot-link"><META NAME="KEYWORD" CONTENT="coldsync"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Handspring-Visor with Linux mini-HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Ryan VanderBijl</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:rvbijl-howto@vanderbijlfamily.com" >rvbijl-howto@vanderbijlfamily.com</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >January 2003</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rvbijl</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Update my contact information. Remove references to outdated software. Removed PPP stuff. Updated hotplug section.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >December, 2000 - Feb, 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rvbijl39</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Seperate kernel/user-space parts. Updates for modules. Add usbdevfs info. Hotpluggable info. PPP info. Updates for the linux 2.4 kernel. Added troubleshooting tips. Change the SGML to DocBook format.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >August 7, 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rvbijl39</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Clarifications, updates, suggested by Matt Shook, Steven Coffman, Miles Lott, and info from Greg KH.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >April or May, 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rvbijl39</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >SGML version. Some fixes from Miles Lott.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v0.1, v0.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >April 6, 2000</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: rvbijl39</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Original Version, HTML version.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN36" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document should give you instructions on how to connect your Handspring Visor (any version) to Linux, using USB. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="stanrd.html" >Standard Information</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="stanrd.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="stanrd.html#AUTHOR" >Author</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="stanrd.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#DEVICES" >Supported Devices</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#NEEDED" >What's needed?</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="introduction.html#DISTROS" >Linux Distributions</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="kernel.html" >Configuring the Kernel</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="kernel.html#REQUIREMENTS" >Requirements</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="kernel.html#KERNELVERSION" >Kernel Version</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="kernel.html#CONTROLLER" >USB Controller Type</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="kernel.html#MAKEKERNEL" >Configure/Build Kernel</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="kernel.html#USBDEVFS" >usbdevfs</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="kernel.html#DEVENTRIES" >Making <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/dev</TT > Entries</A ></DT ><DT >3.7. <A HREF="kernel.html#USINGMODULES" >Using the Modules</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html" >Synchronization Software</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html#AEN191" >General</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html#COLDSYNC" >coldsync</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html#PILOTLINK" >pilot-link</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html#TESTING" >Time to Sync</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html#AEN218" >Palm Desktop Equivalents</A ></DT ><DT >4.6. <A HREF="syncsoftware.html#AEN232" >Your Done!</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="hotplug.html" >Hotplug-able</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="hotplug.html#HPKERNEL" >Hotplug Kernel Config</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="hotplug.html#HPINSTALLBASE" >Installing Hotplug</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="hotplug.html#HPINSTALLVISOR" >Configure the Visor Driver</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="troubleshooting.html" >Troubleshooting Tips</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="troubleshooting.html#THETIPS" >The Tips</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="references.html" >Links</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="stanrd.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Standard Information</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >