[Evolution] Syncing Ev1.2 and Clie - summarized answers

[Peter Davies <peter davies com>]

> Subject: Re: e[Evolution] Evolution 1.2: syncing a pilot-like device
> From: Alberto Biraghi <alberto kenobi it>
> To: evolution lists ximian com
> Organization: 
> Date: 22 Jan 2003 14:06:17 +0100
>
> Il mer, 2003-01-22 alle 03:32, Steven P. Auerbach ha scritto:
>
> > The only way I got the sync to work was by sending the ID to the Pilot
> > device, not the other way around. (Needless to say, this was _NOT_ the
> > first thing I tried, since it doesn't seem to make sense!)
>
> From: "Steven P. Auerbach" <steven p auerbach saic com>
> To: Evolution Mailing List <evolution ximian com>
> Cc: Lonnie Borntreger <email borntreger com>
> Date: 21 Jan 2003 18:32:47 -0800
> Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
>
> > From: Lonnie Borntreger <email borntreger com>
> > Since he's already sync'd the clie before, he should use "Get from
> > Pilot" so that gnome-pilot will use the same pilot id as jpilot.
> >
> > TTFN, 
> > Lonnie Borntreger
>
> I'm not sure if this is correct or not. I had already synced my Visor
> many times, with a laptop (running Window XP) and also a Mac running OSX
> 10.1. The only way I got the sync to work was by sending the ID to the
> Pilot device, not the other way around. (Needless to say, this was _NOT_
> the first thing I tried, since it doesn't seem to make sense!)
> Steve
docs in /usr/share/doc/gnome-pilot-0.1.70/README explain this ID procedure. 
I belieeve this not to be my issue as I am using the deviceID and PCid used
during the Jpilot sessions

> I had the same problem with my RH8.0 and EV1.2, but after deleting 
>
> pilot-map-XXX.xml
> pilot-sync-evolution-addressbook-XXX.db
>
> from /home/alberto/evolution/local/Contacts 
> everything started working kind of fine. I only need to open the "Pilot
> settings" after launching Evo to make it work, no big deal :-)

hmmm - this didn't help me.


> From: Richard Zach <rzach ucalgary ca>
> To: evolution ximian com
> Organization: University of Calgary
> Date: 21 Jan 2003 18:06:58 -0700
>
> > Name: Cradle 
> > Port: /dev/ttyUSB1
> > Speed: 57600
> > Timeout: 2
> > Type: USB (this is different from some documentation I saw).
> yes, i saw the bogus doc too.
>
> I have an NX-70 Clie, and to get it to work I had to:
>
> - Upgrade my kernel to get usbdevfs
> - Mount usbdevfs
> - Use ttyUSB0 instead of ttyUSB1
neither USB0 nor USB1 will work - both tried (many times)
> Have you rund gpilotd in a terminal?
no - i am not sure what or how this would help explain the complete 
nothingness that abounds.


> From: Etienne Tourigny <et omeo ca>
> To: Evolution Mailing List <evolution ximian com>
> Date: 21 Jan 2003 13:13:16 -0500
>
> Make sure gpilotd is running (ps aux | grep gpilotd).
> If you can get the gnome-pilot-applet package for your system use it
> (the PilotSync applet) as it keeps gpilotd alive.  If not there is
> relevant information on this list regarding gpilotd and RH8.

see below for the results of a ps auwx - as gpilotd appears to be
running I havent searched the list for solutions to the problem
described.

just to summarize:
==================
o still broken despite lots of very good suggestions - thankyou.

o RH8 with Ev 1.2 - see list below for complete ximian installation

o Jpilot syncs in either direction perfectly when attached to
/dev/ttyUSB1

o depressing the sync on the Clie proviokes the same stream of msgs in
/var/log/messages no mettwr whether Jpilot or Evolution is the target
app (i.e. the sync button is properly "connected" to the USB port)

o gpilotd and gpilotd-control-applet are running at the time of the sync
attempt, to wit:
peter     6096  0.0  0.8 13656 6412 ?        S    15:25   0:00
/usr/bin/gpilotd-control-applet
peter     6211  0.0  0.4 12468 3724 ?        S    15:41   0:00 gpilotd
--activate-goad-server gpilotd --goad-fd 13



o red-carpets view of what I could de-install (i.e. of what is currently
installed)
        aspell  2:0.33.7.1-ximian.4     6.04 MB
        bonobo-conf     0.16-1.ximian.1 122 KB
        evolution       1.2.1-1.ximian.1        19.16 MB
        evolution-pilot 1.2.1-1.ximian.1        1.39 MB
        gal     1:0.22-1.ximian.1       228 KB
        gnome-pilot     1:0.1.70-1.ximian.1     1.80 MB
        gnome-pilot-conduits    0.10-1.ximian.1 2.69 MB
        gnome-print     1:0.37-2.ximian.1       1022 KB
        gnome-spell     0.5-1.ximian.3  129 KB
        gtkhtml1.1      1.1.7-1.ximian.2        1.09 MB
        libbonobo-conf0 0.16-1.ximian.1 133 KB
        libgal21        1:0.22-1.ximian.1       1.29 MB
        libgnomeprint15 1:0.37-2.ximian.1       477 KB
        libgtkhtml1.1-3 1.1.7-1.ximian.2        592 KB
        libgtkhtml20    1.0.4-6.ximian.1        533 KB
        pilot-link      1:0.11.5-4.ximian.1     794 KB
        pspell  2:0.12.2-ximian.7       381 KB
        red-carpet      1.4.2-1.ximian.6        13.68 MB
        soup    0.7.10-1.ximian.1       1.00 MB

tell me I'm missing something - please!