ubunt2 at gmail.com wrote: > Hello, It's been a long time since the last part of this conversation. > I have been trying to get Ubuntu 7.04 installed on another computer > and have postponed finding a solution to my syncing problem. Please > allow me to continue. > Did you try using the port "usb:"? My Ubuntu 7.04 install works with libusb support (using port usb:) by default. Judd > Just to refresh everyone's memory here, let me go over the story: > I acquired a second-hand Sony PEG-N710C PDA recently. I have tried > syncing that to the following: > > Xubuntu 7.04 computer ( <--successfully syncs with my Palm Zire PDA) > Windows XP computer (after installing the sony desktop CD software, I > tried syncing, but the lower right hand corner of the screen said that > there is a problem with the USB or hardware. I forget exactly what > that little text bubble said) > My newly installed Ubuntu 7.04 computer > > > I told the person from whom I bought this Sony PEG-N710C pda that I > am unable to sync in various computers and various systems. She said > that she did not have any problems with syncing. > > > > This is how I did syncing the PDA with Ubuntu 7.04. I pressed the sync > button on the PDA cradle. The PDA recognized that I pressed the > hardware button and went into the sync screen and tried to sync. Then, > in Jpilot, I pressed the red and blue Sync Button. > > I got the following message: > > **************************************** > Syncing on device /dev/pilot > Press the HotSync button now > **************************************** > pi_bind error: /dev/pilot No such file or directory > Check your serial port and settings > Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND > Finished > > > > Some information that may come in handy: I had another Sony Clie > PEG-series pda, but it's only this current one that has a "USB > switcher" program in the desktop software. I wonder whether the need > of this Sony PEG-N710C for a USB switcher is what is causing > problems. Maybe it is. Maybe it's got nothing to do with the problem I > am facing. > > Please advise. > > > > Thank you for your help. > > JC > > > > > > > On 4/24/07, TR <tmst at nethere.com> wrote: >> On Tuesday 24 April 2007 02:08, ubunt2 at gmail.com wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I've just tried syncing my newly acquired second-hand sony clie with >>> jpilot, but it doesn't work. In Ubuntu, I created a new user account, >>> then logged into that account. Then I tried doing what I have >>> successfully done with my other pda (Palm Zire) : What I did first was >>> this: >>> 1. Press the Sync button on the Clie PDA >>> 2. Clicked the sync button on the jpilot program. >>> >>> When I pressed the sync button on my Clie PDA the first time, I heard >>> a "crackling" sound in my computer box. That is a good sound, for that >>> is what I usually hear when the sync signal was able to "travel" from >>> the PDA cradle to the computer. >>> >>> But the second time I pressed the sync button on the clie PDA, I >>> didn't anymore hear that good "crackling" sound. >>> >>> The next thing I tried was jpilot --> File --> Install User. I kept >>> the username and userid the way jpilot had it. My Sony Clie PDA, by >>> the way, doesn't have any username of its own yet. After doing this >>> "install user" procedure on jpilot, i tried syncing again, but it >>> still doesn't work. >>> >>> I tried the "sudo modprobe visor" command, which was the solution to >>> my main pda account when i upgraded from ubuntu 6.10 to ubuntu 7.04, >>> but that didn't help. >>> >>> I tried syncing the PDA on Windows with Palm Desktop software. I >>> wasn't successful, but when I pressed the sync button on the Clie PDA, >>> WinXp was able to detect "A New Hardware" and found the driver on the >>> Sony Clie CD. >>> I think this means that the physical PDA, cable, etc are all ok. >>> >>> When I tried syncing on the WinXp, by the way, I first downloaded Palm >>> Desktop, and backed up my Palm Zire data with that program (I did make >>> a backup of the same data, too on Linux/jpilot). Then I followed the >>> instruction on >>> >>> http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,ts=Palm_Ext >>> ernal2001,Case=obj(13569) Upgrading to a new handheld: Transferring PIM >>> data, re-installing >>> third-party applications (Windows) >>> but, as mentioned, the Sony Clie PDA wouldn't sync with Windows. >>> >>> I do not know what's wrong. Please help me find out where the problem lies. >> It sounds like you might have picked up a broken Clie, if it won't even sync >> with Palm Desktop. >> >> What are the JPilot messages when you try to sync? >> _______________________________________________ >> Public archival of this list without permission is prohibited. >> http://lists.jpilot.org/mailman/listinfo/jpilot >> > > The message on my Sony PDA is: > Title: Hotsync Problem > > Unable to initiate HotSync operation because the serial port is in use > by another application. > > > I have tried different USB ports on the computer. I tired a port on > the back and in the front. My experiment has led me to try syncing > without the cable plugged into my computer at all. And, strangely, I > got the same message as above: Serial Port is in use by another > application. Now, why would my PDA say that when it's not even plugged > into the computer? > _______________________________________________ > Public archival of this list without permission is prohibited. > http://lists.jpilot.org/mailman/listinfo/jpilot
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