[jp] Restore Function Problems

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  • Geoff Jankowski geoff.jankowski at virgin.net
    Sun Oct 22 06:04:33 EDT 2006

     

    I have recently started to try to use J-Pilot but have experienced some
    serious problems.
    
    I am not new to Linux but I am not an IT or command line expert.
    
    My set up is;
    
    J-Pilot 0.99.0-pre2
    Samsung Q30 plus
    Ubuntu Dapper Drake (Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS)
    Linux Kernel 2.6.15-27-386
    Generic Palm Treo 650
    
    The software found and linked to my Treo immediately (in the past this
    has been a real problem for me) and it synchronised well.  The desktop
    gives loads of functionalilty and I was pleased.
    
    However, I cannot find a way to link my synchronisation to evolution
    through the J-Pilot interface.  Is this Possible?  Ideally I would like
    to have the data on the Treo shared in both J-pilot and evolution
    although this would be more than is possible on the Win version.  Can
    this be done?  Are there any plans for it?
    
    I did a backup and then  tried to synchronise the data on the Treo with
    J-Pilot, evolution and my Win machine and in the process got loads of
    duplication.  Some of it I could deal with through pilot-link and some
    through Win desktop but some remained so I decided to do a restore from
    the J-pilot backup.
    
    !!******!!!!@!$$$* the problems began!
    
    After the restore, I noticed that some of the .prc files were not
    transferred back (I do not have a full list but one of them was head
    chain?).  The Treo asked me to rest which I did and it then proceeded on
    an endless loop of rebooting, getting to the Treo desktop then
    rebooting.
    
    After a warm reset I got it to be stable but the phone function could
    not be started.  I had to do a hard reset to restore the phone but in
    doing that lost all the data.  A second attempt showed a different list
    of files that did not transfer (some were the same) with the same
    effect.
    
    I have stabilised the phone by restoring from Win backup I took but it
    has then taken me serveral hours to clean out duplicated data etc.
    
    Is this something you are aware of and is there a fix?
    
    Is it because I am using a Treo and not a simpler Palm device?
    
    I assume that using both J-Pilot and evolution synch on the same machine
    is not a problem?
    
    Sorry to go into so much detail but J-Pilot looks to be a good solution
    and I would like to use it as a replacement for the Win desktop but only
    if I have the confidence that it is not going to cause me similar
    problems in the future.
    
    Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Geoff 
    
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