EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
udev(7) Crashes Palm Z22 on Ubuntu, but NOT on Debian.
SYMPTOMS
On Ubuntu, (but not on Debian), very shortly after I plug in the USB cable to the Palm Z22, the Z22 dies. It must be reset (rebooted). This happens whether or not I have time to tap the HotSync icon, and also whether or not I have time to execute the pilot-xfer(1) command to start the hot sync process. (This makes me think the problem might be udev(7).)
So far, no data has been lost, but it is very frustrating.
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Data from Ubuntu box:
kjh@Lemur:~$ uname -a
Linux Lemur 2.6.32-25-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 19:52:42 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
kjh@Lemur:~$ pilot-xfer --version
DEPRECATED: The application is calling print_splash()
.--------------------------------------------.
| (c) Copyright 1996-2006, pilot-link team |
| Join the pilot-link lists to help out. |
`--------------------------------------------'
This is pilot-xfer, from pilot-link version 0.12.4
Build target..: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Build date....: Jan 6 2010 08:12:01
pilot-link 0.12.4 is covered under the GPL/LGPL
See the file COPYING under docs for more info.
Please use --help for more detailed options.
kjh@Lemur:~$ aptitude show udev
Package: udev
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 151-12.1
Priority: required
Section: admin
Maintainer: Scott James Remnant <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Uncompressed Size: 1626k
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1), libc6 (>= 2.9), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0),
libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), upstart-job,
module-init-tools (>= 3.2.1-0ubuntu3), initramfs-tools (>=
0.92bubuntu63), procps, adduser, util-linux (> 2.15~rc2)
Suggests: watershed
Conflicts: hotplug, ifrename, libdevmapper1.02 (< 2:1.02.08-1ubuntu7),
udev-extras (<= 20090618)
Breaks: casper (< 1.174), consolekit (<= 0.4.1), dmsetup (<=
2:1.02.27-4ubuntu5), initramfs-tools (< 0.92bubuntu30), lvm2 (<=
2.02.39-0ubuntu9), mdadm (<= 2.6.7.1-1ubuntu8)
Replaces: hotplug, ifrename, initramfs-tools (< 0.040ubuntu1), udev-extras (<=
20090618)
Description: rule-based device node and kernel event manager
udev is a collection of tools and a daemon to manage events received from the
kernel and deal with them in user-space. Primarily this involves creating and
removing device nodes in /dev when hardware is discovered or removed from the
system.
Events are received via kernel netlink messaged and processed according to
rules in /etc/udev/rules.d and /lib/udev/rules.d, altering the name of the
device node, creating additional symlinks or calling other tools and programs
including those to load kernel modules and initialise the device.
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Data from Debian box:
108 Tuxedo$ uname -a
Linux Tuxedo 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sat Dec 26 09:01:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
109 Tuxedo$ pilot-xfer --version
DEPRECATED: The application is calling print_splash()
.--------------------------------------------.
| (c) Copyright 1996-2006, pilot-link team |
| Join the pilot-link lists to help out. |
`--------------------------------------------'
This is pilot-xfer, from pilot-link version 0.12.3
Build target..: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Build date....: Jun 15 2008 17:26:02
pilot-link 0.12.3 is covered under the GPL/LGPL
See the file COPYING under docs for more info.
Please use --help for more detailed options.
111 Tuxedo$ aptitude show udev
Package: udev
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.125-7+lenny3
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@xxxxxxxx>
Uncompressed Size: 827k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59), libvolume-id0 (>= 0.113-1~),
lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
PreDepends: debconf (>= 1.4.69) | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: hal (< 0.5.6-2), hotplug, initramfs-tools (< 0.39), initscripts (<
2.85-16), klibc-utils (<= 1.4.19-1), lvm-common (< 1.5.13), makedev
(< 2.3.1-80), module-init-tools (< 3.2.2-1), multipath-tools (<
0.4.7-2)
Replaces: initramfs-tools (<= 0.41)
Description: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from /dev/,
handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time. It replaces the hotplug
package and requires a 2.6.18 or newer kernel version.
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I am using the following pilot-xfer(1) command:
pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -b ~/.jpilot/backup$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
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I am not on some of these mailing lists, so please include me directly in any replies. I am open to suggestions.
Thank you,
Ken Hendrickson
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