This is an update from a previous post on Gutsy.
Sync-ing the Palm LifeDrive requires less work than previously reported, and this is a fresh Ubuntu install on a new computer.
Just run sudo modprobe visor (you can add the visor module at the end of /etc/modules to make it permanent) and run the wisard:
Then choose the following settings for gPilotD sync:
The sync should go when hitting the button on the LifeDrive cradle.
Mounting the drive still does not work..
Edit 090225: The mount bug seems solved with Jaunty. Unfortunately, I cannot confirm. My Palm Lifedrive died a month ago, after 4 years of daily use.










June 29, 2008 at 20:17
s/modprove/modprobe
June 29, 2008 at 20:26
Good catch, updated, thanks Tiago :)
August 3, 2008 at 6:09
I’m new to Linux. What does “s/modprove/modprobe” refer to?
June 2, 2009 at 0:00
I got my LifeDrive to work under Kubuntu using JPilot. 0.99.9.17. As above, added visor to /etc/modules, and added a custom udev rule:
# sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules
# BUS==”usb”, SYSFS{product}==”palmOne Handheld*”, KERNEL==”ttyUSB[02468]“, NAME=”pilot”, GROUP=”uucp”, MODE=”0660″
Now Jpilot could work with device /dev/pilot