It's an 8.10 issue; you can confirm this easily by trying the LiveCD for 8.04 and then for 8.10 on the same computer (just use sudo mountpoint visor to get device detected); 8.04 works fine, 8.10 doesn't.
For more details (and possible dupes) see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-pilot/+bug/280876 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-pilot/+bug/282506
It's an 8.10 issue; you can confirm this easily by trying the LiveCD for 8.04 and then for 8.10 on the same computer (just use sudo mountpoint visor to get device detected); 8.04 works fine, 8.10 doesn't.
For more details (and possible dupes) see: /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ gnome-pilot/ +bug/280876 /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ gnome-pilot/ +bug/282506
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