Problems syncing jpilot on Gutsy -- yes, I know it's beta ;-)

[Peter Spotts]

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 09:40 -0400, Craig Maloney wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I've got a Tungsten E2 I'm trying to sync with Jpilot on Xubuntu Gusty.
> > The latest pilot-link is installed. I've tried several "devices" in
> > Jpilot settings -- /dev/pilot, ttyUSB0, and ttyUSB1 -- to no avail.
> ...
> 
> I used to have a Palm, so I'm going strictly off of memory... here's a
> couple of things to check:
> 
> 1) Are you running gpilotd? Run 'ps -ef | grep pilot' to verify. If so,
> jpilot won't be able to bind to it.
> 2) Are you hitting the hotsync button on the palm before hitting sync in
> jpilot?
> 3) I remember having to edit a file to get jpilot to work with Feisty, but
> I don't remember which, or what I added. I remember thinking I'd have to
> chase a successive TTYUSB entry every single time. I'm not sure if it's
> been fixed so that /dev/pilot is consistently created with the new device
> or not.
> 
> I'll do some more R&D to see if I can find my changes. Hopefully the first
> two tips will help out.

Thanks for the reply, Craig:

1. No. It's not installed. (I've noted that problem when experimenting
with syncs to Evolution back in the day.)

2. Yes, I push the hot-sync button on the E2 first, then wait, oh, a
couple of seconds before activating hot sync in Jpilot. Worked on
Fiesty...

And as for No. 3, the discussion on the Ubuntu forum has readers setting
up a 10-custom.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d. I've done that as well...to
no effect.

With best regards,

Pete

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