Palm Pilot Not Syncing

[Christian Convey]

I had problems as well, but Evolution seems to sync ok so I just use that.

If you use Evolution, here's how I make it work:

In Evolutions menus, select "Tools" | "Pilot Settings..."   Define an
entry for your Pilot. (I don't rember if or how much I had to
experiment with specifying different Pilot mount points.)

(On the "Pilot Settings" window that comes up, be careful to enable
the proper Conduits on the Conduits tab, or else some of your Palm
applications (like the calendar) won't sync with Evolution even when
you do successfully get syncing in general to work.)

At this point, hitting the Sync button on your cradle should get your
Pilot to sync with Evolution.

I've also noticed this: In order for syncing to work, I must have
Evolution up and running, and I must have executed the "Tools" |
"Pilot Settings..." menu command since the last time Evolution was
started. If I don't do this things, hitting the sync button on my
cradle will leave the Pilot trying to sync but not making a
connection.  (I suspect that issuing the select "Tools" | "Pilot
Settings..."  menu command launches a sync daemon.)

Hope this helps,
Christian

On 7/19/05, Ed Fletcher <ed at fletcher.ca> wrote:
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> Hi All:
> 
> I have a Palm M515 that doesn't want to sync.  But it works on this
> machine when I boot to MsWin.  I have selected /dev/pilot,
> /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/ttyUSB1 in the Gnome-Pilot settings.  I can
> see the Palm is attached from the log files below. I don't know why
> it isn't working.
> 
> The devices are being made:
> 
> me at hostname:/dev$ ls -l ttyUS*
> crw-rw----  1 root dialout 188, 0 2005-07-19 13:14 ttyUSB0
> crw-rw----  1 root dialout 188, 1 2005-07-19 13:14 ttyUSB1
> me at hostname:/dev$
> 
> And I've confirmed that I am in the dialout group.  So what's going
> on?  Why can't I sync my Palm?
> 
> TIA,
> Ed
> 
> /var/log/messages
> Jul 19 13:02:38 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device
> using ohci_hcd and address 3
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost kernel: visor 1-2:1.0: Handspring Visor /
> Palm OS converter detected
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost usb.agent[21371]:      visor: already loaded
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor /
> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor /
> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: visor 1-2:1.0: device disconnected
> 
> /var/log/syslog
> Jul 19 13:02:38 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device
> using ohci_hcd and address 3
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost kernel: visor 1-2:1.0: Handspring Visor /
> Palm OS converter detected
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: Handspring Visor / Palm
> OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost usb.agent[21371]:      visor: already loaded
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost udev[21416]: creating device node
> '/dev/ttyUSB0'
> Jul 19 13:02:39 localhost udev[21424]: creating device node
> '/dev/ttyUSB1'
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost udev[21504]: removing device node
> '/dev/ttyUSB0'
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost udev[21515]: removing device node
> '/dev/ttyUSB1'
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: visor ttyUSB0: Handspring Visor /
> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: visor ttyUSB1: Handspring Visor /
> Palm OS converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
> Jul 19 13:03:49 localhost kernel: visor 1-2:1.0: device disconnected
> 
> - --
> Ed Fletcher
> ed at fletcher.ca
> 
> When one door of happiness closes, another opens;
> but often we look so long at the closed door that
> we do not see the one which has opened for us.
> - - Helen Keller
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