Re: [Evolution] Synching a Handspring Visor (Palm Pilot) crashes my computer

[Nigel Metheringham <Nigel Metheringham dev InTechnology co uk>]

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 00:02, Jonathan Pryor wrote:
> When I attempt to synchronize my Handspring Visor with Evolution 1.4, my
> computer freezes, with the caps-lock and scroll-lock LED's blinking. 
> This is with the most recent Evolution available through Red Carpet,
> running under Red Hat 9.  I have parts of Ximian Desktop 2 installed as
> well, but not all of it.  (Call it a bastardized hybrid between the
> default Red Hat 9 and XD2.)
>
> This is on a Dell Inspiron 4000 Laptop, though I doubt that should be a
> factor.

It is - this is apparently down to a race which occurs with some USB
implementations.

Its a kernel problem, but I don't currently know of a fix.  Some
compiles show the problem more often (I had one that triggered 2 out of
3 times), some less (most of my kernels fire this off 1 time in 20 or
much fewer).  I've seen the problem on and off on 2 different laptops
over the last 18 months at least.

        Nigel.

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