Re: [tlug] Linux applications for Palm syncing kind of suck (Was: I'm a glutton for punishment...)

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Godwin,

Thanks for responding,
> Have you tried since you were able to get gnome-pilot to connect?
> jpilot uses pilot-link as a back-end, as does gnome-pilot if this
> thread is anything to go by. It's also the front-end I use here - with
> no problems at all...
>   

After it became apparent that gnome-pilot was crazy unreliable, I went 
on a tour of all the other applications.

With J-pilot, all the web sites I've read advice that one should press 
the sync button on the palm *before* hitting it in J-Pilot. However, if 
I do that, then J-Pilot says:
****************************************
Syncing on device /dev/ttyUSB1
Press the HotSync button now
****************************************
... and then waits indefinitely without doing anything else.

If I press the hotsync button on the Palm first, it says:
dlp_ReadSysInfo error
Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_PI_CONNECT
Finished

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Dave M G