On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Florin Andrei wrote: > Jpilot did not work "out of the box". I tried "usb:" for the Serial Port > and it did not work. You need to learn how to build the proper box for the 2.6.x kernels and the USB connections. > Used "/dev/pilot" for Serial Port. After many unsuccessful attempts, it > finally synchronized. But... /dev/pilot no longer works because with the usbfs the port is recreated each time it's needed. Try /dev/tts/USB1 or /dev/ttyUSB1 (depending on how Ubuntu names the files). > After finishing sync, the PDA rebooted. And now it keeps rebooting in a > loop. Has nothing to do with the synchronization. > I think I am going to export the Calendar, Memo, Todo, Contacts to the CSV > format, then re-import them to the PDA on Windows, using the Palm Desktop > software. I will probably refrain from using Linux to back up the PDA, at > least for a while. It's just way too much trouble. Booting Windows once > every week or so is not too bad. I've used jpilot for my PDAs for about a decade now. It's worked flawlessly with RH 4.0-7.3 and Slackware-8.0 through 12.0. > The Linux software needs to improve a lot before it's actually usable. > Seems like a regression to me - I remember using Jpilot with my old Palm > m100, and then with the Visor Platinum, just fine. We've used jpilot, pilot-link, and linux for the Palm Personal, Palm Professional, m100, m105, Handspring Visor Pro, a couple of others I no longer remember, plus the Kyocera QCP-6035 and now Treo-700p smartphones. > But nowadays it's a mess. It fails to even initiate the backup/sync, and > when it does succeed, it breaks the PDA. That's not fun at all. That is complete nonsense. First, use the proper port. Second, initiate the synchronization using the button on the cable, wait 4-5 seconds, then click the sync button on jpilot. There have been several threads on this mail list (and the pilot-link mail list) about this very topic. I know because folks here -- and David -- taught me how to adapt to the Treo. Look up those threads in the gmane archives, or be happy with Microsoft in lieu of learning how to use the linux tools. Your Palm hardware issue is not due to the synchronization software. How could it? The software opens and manages communication channels between two devices. It does nothing to the PDA's OS. -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
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