Re: [Evolution] Visors now are "serial", not USB (Was: gpilotd exits with a "cannot open display")

[Etienne Tourigny <et omeo ca>]

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 20:34, Richard Zach wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 23:57, Richard Zach wrote:
> > > This on Evo 1.2 and RH 7.3:  When I try to synchronize my Visor via USB,
> > > gpilotd recognizes the little machine ("setting PILOTRATE=115200") but
> > > then exits with "Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:".  Never did this
> > > before I upgraded to 1.2 release yesterday. "xhost +" doesn't help.
> > > Anyone else having this problem? JPR, what do I do?
> >
> > I take it this is with 0.1.69?  Did you change the connection type to
> > "Serial" for the visor (this was in the release notes and an unfortunate
> > change, but necessary because of some brokeness).

Strange...
I have a Palm m515 and still set to USB.  Aside from calendar and tasks
duplicated after the upgrade, I can sync via USB.  I thought Palm m5xx
and Visors were similar, since they use the visor module for USB?

> Thanks JP.  Am I right that I can now only sync by first hitting the
> HotSync button and then starting gpilotd?  Is there a secret switch
> somewhere so I can tell gpilotd to keep polling the USB interface?
>
> It would have been nice if this were also in the Evolution 1.2
> relnotes--we don't all subscribe to the gnome-pilot-list.
>
> Best,
> R