well, with fc2, you have to have support for usb-serial and visor built
into your kernel, and then simply modprobe visor. after that, connect your cradle/usb cable, etc., press the hotsync button, and then do "PILOTPORT=/dev/ttyUSB1 pilot-xfer -l". if all goes well, you should see a list of databases, etc. installed on your Clie.
Now, having said that, when I do this with my self-compiled 2.6.8.1 vanilla kernel, pilot-xfer is able to connect to my clie and list everything. But gnome-pilot doesn't get connected--in fact, it never sees the fact that the clie is present on /dev/ttyUSB1. This doesn't make sense to me because gnome-pilot has to use the pilot-link libraries, the same way that pilot-xfer does. Anyway, I digress....
Thanks...i just want to try with stock kernel first..looks like have to wait until they've settled with the udev problem first.