Re: [Evolution] Evo 1.2 and Visor sync

[Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>]

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:51, James Gallagher wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 11:38, Mark Gordon wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:27, James Gallagher wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 11:13, Mark Gordon wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 13:12, James Gallagher wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a visor which was syncing nicely with 1.08. It won't sync with
> > > > > 1.2. I've run gpilotd from the command line (in the past that helped me
> > > > > get it set up properly) and here's what I see:
> > > > >
> > > > >         [jimg zanzibar jimg]$ gpilotd
> > > > >         gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 0.1.69 starting...
> > > > >         gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.11.5
> > > > >         gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [GOAD] [USB] [IrDA]
> > > > >         [Network] 
> > > > >         gpilotd-Message: Activating CORBA server
> > > > >         gpilotd-Message: Watching Cradle (/dev/pilot)
> > > > >         gpilotd-Message: setting PILOTRATE=9600
> > > > >         HOME environment variable not set?
> > > > >         
> > > > >         Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: 
> > > > >         [jimg zanzibar jimg]$ 
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a stock Red Hat 7.3 system running on a Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop
> > > > > (P III) with Ximian Gnome.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > > > >
> > > > > James
> > > > >
> > > > > PS. I read on the list that slowing things down to 9600 would fix this
> > > > > but for me that produced no visible change.
> > > >
> > > > USB or serial? There was an earlier thread with a similar error using a
> > > > USB connection, and the resolution was to configure gnome-pilot to use a
> > > > "serial" connection.
> > >
> > > USB. You say 'serial' in quotes; is there a trick so that I can still
> > > use the USB? Right now I have /dev/pilot linked to /dev/ttyUSB1.
>
> Well, I tried setting the connection to 'serial' and, running gpilotd at
> the command line, got the following:
>
>         [jimg zanzibar jimg]$ gpilotd
>         gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 0.1.69 starting...
>         gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.11.5
>         gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [GOAD] [USB] [IrDA]
>         [Network] 
>         
>         gpilotd-WARNING **: Could not open device Cradle (/dev/pilot):
>         reason: "No such device".
>         gpilotd-Message: Activating CORBA server
>         
> Hmmm... (sync didn't work).
>
> James
>
> > As I understood it, you have to configure it in the capplet as "serial",
> > even though it's USB attached to /dev/ttyUSB1.  I haven't tried this
> > myself, though.  I think I'll go find a USB cradle for my Visor...

gnome-pilot 0.1.70 may be worth a try.  We released new packages this
morning.

-- 
Mark Gordon <mtgordon ximian com>