Indeed /usr/sbin/ModemManager (Ubuntu 14.04) or /usr/sbin/modem-manager (Ubuntu 10.04) is the program that is started when a Palm is connected and is causing the 'Fatal Exception' on the Palm m505. Moving it out of the way is the solution. How can I update the blacklist myself? On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:20 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2015-01-26 at 19:17 +0100, Johan Hovold wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 04:00:26PM +0100, Henri Manson wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I performed the test using VirtualBox and live cd iso images, so >> > mixing different version of kernel and user-space programs does not >> > happen. >> >> You'd probably need to compile your own kernel (e.g. test an old kernel >> on your recent userspace) if you really want to rule out that this is >> kernel related (which it doesn't seem to be). >> >> > In 9.04 there is no usb communication until pilot-xfer is >> > started (a user-space program), in 10.04 usb communication happens >> > directly after hotsyncing. Does anyone know which, if at all, >> > user-space program is auto-started in 10.04 after a Palm is detected? >> > Do I need to check udev rules? >> >> No idea, sorry. Perhaps you should file a bug report with your distro. > > It might be ModemManager; try moving /usr/sbin/ModemManager out of the > way. If so, we'll update the USB device blacklist for various Palm > devices upstream, so that it ignores them. > > Dan > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
