Re: [Bitpim-devel] Running CVS copy of bitpim Linux

[Stephen W. <sa...@us...>]

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 14:29, Roger Binns wrote:
> Stephen Wood wrote:
> > I am able to run bitpim 0.60 using the linux RPM's.  However, I can't
> > figure out how to run bitpim on Linux from the CVS version.
> 
> Sorry.  My fault.  Unfortunately my main Linux machine is a victim of
> that bug that results in a kernel panic when closing the 
> USB-serial device.  (It still astonishes me that it hasn't been fixed
> in 2.4).  
> 
This happened to me when I started working with qcplink to test out my
phone.  It seems to be related to sending a break to the phone which
resets.  (I think this reset is part of the protocol for syncing the
phone.)  Resetting is power cycling the phone, so the USB device winks
out and back in.  I make sure that I close the phone device immediately
after doing a reset.  This helps, but is not 100% reliable.

What I often do is not send a reset to the phone, but then power cycle
it by hand after the program exits.  And I take a deep clensing breath
after I turn the phone off, and again after I turn it on before trying
to talk to it.