[jp] Ubuntu 7.10 JPilot Syncs, But Won't Install Anything

On Monday 04 February 2008, tjlm at comcast.net wrote:
> I installed jpilot and pilot-link for my Palm TX to my newly installed
> Ubuntu 7.10, added "usb:" to the settings, and it synced fine. But when I
> try to install anything, it won't work. I found the online manual and what
> I've done looks just like what's in the manual, but when I sync and there's
> anything to be installed, the install screen comes up seems to over-ride
> the sync process - but the whole process stays there and the TX never makes
> the connection to JPilot, so it won't sync. JPilot locks up right there and
> I have to reboot the computer. I've tried installing a .prc program, and
> then I tried installing a .pdb file.
>
> If there's nothing queued in the install list, everything syncs fine. But
> if I can't install new files, then the TX is useless to me, since I mostly
> use it as an etext reader.
>
> Teasdale
>
Ooh. You shouldn't have to ever reboot your machine for this. Just find the 
process and kill it.

I bet you're getting a modal dialog that's buried in the window stacking order 
and thus hidden. Try unsetting the "ask for confirmation on file 
installation" in the JPilot preferences.

-TR