I have the same problem. I’m using kpilot (KDE3) version on openSUSE 11.2 and it runs fine. I can do hot sync as root, but not as a regular user. Did you find any solutions for this?
I have tried chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1 with no luck.
all I get is
Pilot device /dev/ttyUSB1 is not read-write.
ANY BODY OUT THEREWITH A SOLUTION??? HELLO!!!:\