I am using VMware Workstation on Suse Linux to run an XP guest.

After upgrading to Workstation 6.5, I was unable to sync my Garmin Ique (Palm OS device). I used your tip:

usb.quirks.device0 = "0x091e:0x0004 skip-setconfig, skip-reset"

Note: I had to shut down vmware workstation, make the entry and restart vmware workstation.

Problem resolved.

Thank you!!

So for me it works perfectly with the Treo 680.

Oceanwaves

That sounds like a lot, but it's really not bad. I type "unvisor" in a root window, make sure the vmware client has focus, hit hotsync, wait for the WIndows "USB device" noise, cancel the hotsync, wait for the "device gone" noise, and hit hotsync again. Some of those steps might be unnecessary, but I've got a working procedure...

Here's the unvisor script. Note that on an earlier OS, it went into a deliberate infinite loop and had to be stopped with ^C; that's not true on SuSE 11.x:

#!/bin/bash
# Removing and reinstalling uhci/ehci resets the address, which is
# necessary for my Treo on SuSE 10.3.
# GHK 2/20/08
# It doesn't seem to be needed on SUSE 11.0.  GHK 8/14/08.
# Hmmm...maybe it is.  GHK 8/26/08.
rmmod uhci_hcd ehci_hcd
modprobe uhci_hcd
modprobe ehci_hcd

#
# On SuSE 11.0, the Treo has to be blacklisted via /etc/modprobe.conf
# (which fortunately is read on every module load).  But non-Windows
# Treo stuff requires the modules.
# GHK 4/14/08
#
rmmod visor usbserial 2>/dev/null
cp -p /etc/modprobe.conf.local.blacklist /etc/modprobe.conf.local
echo -n "Hit return when hotsync is running."
read x

cp -p /etc/modprobe.conf.local.noblacklist /etc/modprobe.conf.local
rmmod visor usbserial 2>/dev/null

#
# This is how it used to be done on SuSE 10.3.
#
#while :; do rmmod visor usbserial; done 2>/dev/null

#
# please add local extensions to this file
#
blacklist usbserial
blacklist visor

find the file vmware.log in the directory holding your virtual machine.

view it using any of the tools provided with your OS, or another if you prefer.

search for the text vid: in that file . It should be in a line that starts with 'name:Palm' (without quote marks).

look for the VID and PID information provided in that line.

make a note of the information.

open the file 'your_vm_guest_name.vmx' for editing using a plain text editor (not a word processor).

add the line from neben's instructions (usb.quirks.device0 = "0x0830:0x0061 skip-setconfig, skip-reset"), somewhere in the file. Keep in mind that you need to put a 0x in front of the VID and PID information gleaned in the earlier step. In his example the VID is 0830 and the PID is 0061. You will quite likely have to put different numbers in your version of the edit.

save the file

restart the VM

test your palm device.

it took a couple of tries for mine to work