Re: [Evolution] Can't seem to get Pilot Link to work

[Sinzui Kobalt <sinzui cox rr com>]

On Tue, 2002-02-05 at 18:24, Janine Sisk wrote:
> I have a Handspring Visor Prism with a USB cradle.  From the command
> line I can use pilot-xfer to list the contents of the Visor and back it
> up, so I know that I have it configured correctly on /dev/pilot.
>
> > From Evolution, I choose Tools->Pilot Settings, and am taken into Pilot
> Link.  I work my way through to where it wants to connect, being sure to
> press the hot-sync button on the cradle *before* I hit Next to go to
> that screen (though I've done it afterwards, too).  Nothing happens;  it
> times out.  I have sync'd this Visor with Outlook, but the same nothing
> happens whether I chose "yes I have sync'd" or "no I have not".
>
> It seems that I can get a little farther if I knock the connection speed
> down to 19.2 or below;  the Visor will chirp and display "Identifying
> user" but then it times out as before.  Changing the timeout value does
> not help.
>
> After doing this, gpilotd is left running, and pilot-xfer will no longer
> work.  It complains about a "weird packet" and aborts.  If I kill the
> two gpilotd processes, then pilot-xfer works again.

I'm synching fine using a Visor Edge /dev/visor (/dev/ttyUSB), 57600
connection using the latest packages from red carpet.  But I had
symptoms like yours when my version/session of gnome-pilot-applet got
corrupted.  I had to uninstall gnome-pilot and remove my local
gnome-pilot files, then to clear the problem.
 
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