[jp] newly acquired 2nd-hand clie doesn't sync

ubunt2 at gmail.com left a post-it on the fridge:

> I've done exactly as you said, putting a colon after usb and pressing sync
> on the pda before pressing sync on jpilot, and it still doesn't work.
> 
> Perhaps, we should go one step back. Before we try solving the PDA to Jpilot
> connection, maybe we should see whether the PDA and the computer system are
> in "communication" with each other. If you think this is a good idea, how do
> we do this?

Try 'tail -f /var/log/messages', then hit the sync button on the device. If you
see nothing at all, the device is probably not communicating with your computer.

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