Re: [Evolution] Strange sync behaviour in Evo.

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>]

Le lundi 27 août 2007 à 22:48 +1000, andrewlgreig netscape net a écrit :
> Frederic Crozat wrote:
>
> > Since Mandriva 2007.0, we have switched from the old "visor" module to a
> > module-less way (using libusb) to communicate with Palm PDA. Which is
> > why there is no /dev/pilot and it is normal. It is even documented in
> > 2007.0 release notes :
> > http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2007/Notes#PalmOS_based_PDAs
>
> Dear Frederic,
>
> This synching with the visor module has been successful, but a bug-buddy
> report suggests that it is failing at the end of the syncg.  My
> Calendars appear to be up to date, and I have lost no Contacts, but I am
> interested in doing this better.
>
> If we were not meant to run the visor script, why is it still in
> the /etc/dynamic/scripts directory?

It isn't called anymore, so it doesn't matter if it is still there or
not.

> Now that I have visor module loaded, how do I get back to the libusb
> idea?

By undoing what you did to get visor module loaded.

> Do I need to remove the usbserial and the visor modules? What should I
> put in the device tab of the synch preferences?  It shows usb:  should
> it be usb:0 or usb:1 or just usb:   ?

usb:

> I was not able to get this running using this setting before I loaded
> the visor module. Should I remove the visor script
> from /etc/dynamic/scripts directory?  Perhaps that script is hijacking
> the usb bus somehow.

No, this script won't do a thing if module isn't loaded.

> The reference in the release notes, for which you provided the link, are
> not clear.  They merely state the case, but do not instruct in the
> alternative method.

Because this "method" is no longer supported by Mandriva.

Please, move this conversation to gnome-pilot list.

-- 
Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>
Mandriva