Re: [Evolution] sync stopped working

[Gerhard Schuck <geschu ma5 seikyou ne jp>]

On 21 Nov 2001 10:21:49 -0500
JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 00:59, Gerhard Schuck wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:47:58 +0900
> > Gerhard Schuck <geschu ma5 seikyou ne jp> wrote:
> >
> > > On 20 Nov 2001 22:02:38 -0500
> > > JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 20:36, Gerhard Schuck wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > last Friday sync worked fine with the new RC2 release. Today it doesn't work at all. My Palm says 
> > > > > that it can't connect to the computer. What I found out: Even on Friday (a far as I remember) sync 
> > > > > worked only, if I choose "Syncronize" in the Pilot-Link settings of the control center. It didn't 
> > > > > work with "Use conduit settings", which I find a little bit weird. Today, after sync had failed, I 
> > > > > checked Pilot-Link settings and found out that it had changed to "use conduit settings" 
> > > > > automatically. But even after changing back to "Syncronize" it didn't work. Somewhere I read that 
> > > > > one has to restart the daemon by right clicking on the Pilot-Link icon. This doesn't work here. 
> > > > > Right clicking shows no reaction. So I rebooted. Again the settings had automatically changed from 
> > > > > "Syncronize" to "Use conduit settings" and sync didn't work.
> > > > >
> > > > > So what can I do?
> > > >
> > > > I'm unclear here, are you running the pilot-applet in the panel?
> > >
> > > No, what I tried to explain was the configuration in "controll center/Advanced/Pilot Link". Also 
> > > "controll center/Advanced/Pilot Coduits" is configured. What I actually do is just push the HotSync 
> > > button while evolution is open. That' how it should work and it worked well yesterday. My point is, 
> > > that it worked only with the Pilot Link settings configured as "Syncronize" (and not as "Use conduit 
> > > settings"), and that this configuration now isn't saved. It always changes back to "Use conduit 
> > > settings".
> > >
> > > Sorry if I'm unclear. My English is too bad and moreover I don't really understand what's going on 
> > > between "gnome-pilot", "pilot-link", "conduits" and "evolution". By the way pilot-xfer on the command 
> > > line works, for example for backup.
> >
> > As I now found out, it's not a problem of synchronization but a problem of the Pilot Link configuration 
> > program in control center/Advanced. When I open "control center/Advanced/Pilot Link", change the 
> > configuration of MyPilot from "Use conduit settings" to "Syncronize", click OK but don't close the 
> > "Settings" window, sync works fine. As soon as I close the window the synchronization is blocked. Strange 
> > isn't it? Somehow the Pilot Link settings aren't saved when I close the Settings window, and the settings 
> > jump back to a standard configuration which doesn't work. At least that's my conclusion as a user.
> >
> > So for the moment I know what I have to do to get my Palm synchronized. But still the question is open 
> > what's going wrong.
>
> Ok, the problem is that the daemon that waits for pilot connections is
> not running (except when you change your settings).  The PilotSync
> applet will do this for you.  Right click on the panel and select
> Applets->Utility->PilotSync.  The applet will keep the daemon up all the
> time.

Thanks, that works. Is there also a solution without the panel (command line or so), because I'm using icewm 
(without gnome and gnome panel)?

Gerhard Schuck
geschu ma5 seikyou ne jp