JPilot with CRAZY / HORRIBLE results in Evolution !

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux i-ubux at synass.net
Tue Jan 22 01:00:56 UTC 2008


Hello Ubuntu Evolution / JPilot Experts and Users
Experimenting with JPilot in my Ubuntu 7.10 gave me a shocking
result !!!

More than half the day I was experimenting to get my PDA data from the 
handheld to Ubuntu and there getting the data visible !!

Finally I was able to backup from PDA to Ubuntu ...
... but JPilot did not show any single entry in its application !

Frustrated and upset I gave up !

After returning I restarted my system and within very short time the
system 
got very very slow and working impossible:
All running applications, like Evaluation, Firefox and Skype couldn't
being 
ended normally anymore and system shutdown too was impossible ;-((
CTRL-ALT-DEL !! 

Rebooting with the PDA connected after system reboot first time I got 
the "gnome-pilot setting pop-up" !? I assumed positive news as PDA 
recognized ! ;-)

JPilot indeed still shows no results: Absolutely empty and nothing !!!

Restarting Evolution it looked looked very different / strange too !!!
Why ???

All the PDA data backed up with JPilot were showing in Evolution ;-)

So far so positive ...
... crazy and horrible because all previous Evolution entries
(calendar, 
memos and tasks are gone, overwritten by JPilot's Backup before sync !
Yes, I had set Backup before Sync to make sure, that not an empty set
of 
JPilot data goes and empties my PDA !!

So crazy / negative:
Looking for Help (in the status bar) of JPilot gives very little:
There are only self-praising and no facts like Contents or Index ;-(

So crazy / positive:
In a way the unexpected result is fascinating !!!
If using Evolution for all my PIM data ...
... sync with the PDA would be a good solution and 
JPilot just is the vehicle to transfer data betwwen these two !!
Cool and Ideal !

BTW:
Do not come and ask me what I have done ;-)
Have tried whatever soo many times with lots of sweats ;-|

Shall I cry or laugh ??
I do not know yet !!

I only know it needs a lot of work to get familiar with the latest 
experience and displaying in Evolution and PDA are very far from 
comparable ! ;-(

Cheers, svobi





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