From kdepim-users Fri Jan 16 08:10:38 2004 From: Adriaan de Groot Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:10:38 +0000 To: kdepim-users Subject: [kdepim-users] Re: Palm on yellowdog Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kdepim-users&m=107424066929179 [cc to kdepim-users, where this really belongs. please don't send me questions directly - i see them anyway on the mailing list, and there's more eyes out there that can give you an answer, in case i'm asleep.] On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Maurice Cepeda-Lusseau wrote: > I'm trying to figure out if the why my Palm 125 w/ USB cradle can't sync on > YDL 3.0.1. I made it sync easily enough (and I'm new to Linux) on > mandrake-ppc (and loved it) but YDL seems to be an increadible challenge not > to mention the time. Well that's good to hear. > Is there somethong inherently broken w/ kpilot on YDL? (BTW, JPilot doesn't > work either [I've been online seemingly for hrs w/ Jpilot trying to figure it > out], nor does evolution's Pilot Link.) I don't think anyone has ever reported working with PPC before. I know KPilot works on x86, amd64, and for serial ports on SPARC/Solaris. So you're going where no man has gone before, eh. I'm so happy, now I'm answering questions about Palm hardware I don't have syncing with an OS I don't have running on hardware I don't have. That said, the following is what you can try (it's pretty much what the FAQ on the KPilot website says - or if it doesn't say this, it should): 1) Log in - preferrably on a text console - as root. 2) tail -f /var/log/messages 3) Plug in the Pilot, hit the hotsync button. 4) Watch the log. You should see something about /dev/ttyUSB0 and/or /dev/ttyUSB1. 5) Let the sync time out. 6) ^C to break out of tail. 7) pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB1 -L 8) Hit enter, notice that it complains that the device is not configured. 9) pilot-xfer again, but don't hit enter. Timing is everything. 10) Hit the hotsync button, say "vive l'alberta libre (et fou)", and hit enter. 11) You ought to get a listing of the databases on your Pilot. If not, experiment a little with the timing between hitting the button and hitting enter. Substitute other phrases. Perhaps try /dev/ttyUSB0 instead. 12) Once you've got listing working, configure kpilot or jpilot to use that same /dev/ttyUSB device. -- Adriaan de Groot adridg@cs.kun.nl Kamer A6020 024-3652272 GPG Key Fingerprint 934E 31AA 80A7 723F 54F9 50ED 76AC EE01 FEA2 A3FE http://www.cs.kun.nl/~adridg/research/ _______________________________________________ KDE PIM users mailing list kdepim-users@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kdepim-users