Re: Having a lot of trouble using the new gnome-pilot, pilot-link

[Dan Hensley <dan hensley home com>]

I was trying to generate a patch to fix the compile and grammar problems
I wrote about, but CVS is missing gnome-pilot-conduits.h.

Dan

On 04 Aug 2001 23:29:04 -0600, Dan Hensley wrote:
> I downloaded the latest releases of these packages (gnome-pilot 0.1.61,
> gnome-pilot-conduits-0.6, pilot-link 0.9.6), and I've been having
> nothing but trouble since I started.
> 
> The first problem was that gnome-pilot did not compile.  There were
> several header files that pointed either to the wrong prefix to include
> other header files, or didn't have the correct directory listed.
> Basically several header files were mixed up between gpilotd/ and
> libgpilotdCM.  I don't remember what was what, but I had to edit several
> header files to get things to compile.
> 
> The next round of fun began when I tried to configure my Pilot (Palm
> IIIe on a serial port).  Basically, the druid did not work at all.  If
> gpilotd was running, the control center panel did not show anything.
> The only way to get the conduits or the pilot configure window to show
> was to manually kill gpilotd.  And I could not get it to retrieve my
> Pilot settings.  I had to go through several steps of watching gpilotd
> output to determine my ID #, etc.  Basically for every step along the
> way, I have to manually kill gpilotd because it blocks the next dialog
> from appearing.
> 
> Finally, when I got past all that, I tried setting my conduits.  The
> EAddress conduit gave me an error dialog about not being able to
> instantiate it when I tried to enable it.  And when I tried to sync my
> Pilot, gpilotd segfaulted right after completing the calendar conduit
> sync.  When I try to enable the MemoFile conduit, it crashes with the
> backtrace shown below.  I haven't tried any of the other ones yet.
> 
> Are any of these problems common/known issues?  I'd like to start
> testing out my Pilot with Evolution (I was able to compile Evolution
> with these releases, to my surprise).  However, configuring a Palm pilot
> has always been problematic (I tried going through this about a year ago
> on my old machine, but I don't remember having this much trouble).  What
> can I do to either make it better on my machine or give feedback so it
> works?
> 
> One final question is, where is bugzilla for gnome-pilot?  It doesn't
> appear to be at bugzilla.eazel.com, as mentioned in the README.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> P.S.  There's a grammar error in the one-line help when you select Pilot
> Link in control-center.  It should read
> "Configure the link between the user's Pilot and the computer."
> 
> -------------------------------------
> [New Thread 1024 (LWP 7322)]
> 0x407f1689 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #0  0x407f1689 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0x408626ec in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #2  0x40403aa6 in waitpid (pid=7423, stat_loc=0xbfffe4ec, options=0)
>     at wrapsyscall.c:172
> #3  0x402d6bf6 in gnome_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-init.c:659
> #4  0x4040147b in pthread_sighandler (signo=11, ctx=
>       {gs = 0, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds =
> 43, __dsh = 0, edi = 3221219908, esi = 1, ebp = 3221219848, esp =
> 3221219468, ebx = 1080496792, edx = 1, ecx = 1, eax = 1, trapno = 14,
> err = 4, eip = 1081856831, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 2163202,
> esp_at_signal = 3221219468, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffe610,
> oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 1}) at signals.c:97
> #5  0x40766128 in killpg () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #6  0x4056703e in gtk_args_collect (object_type=58901, 
>     arg_info_hash_table=0x805ec48, arg_list_p=0xbfffeab4, 
>     info_list_p=0xbfffeab8, 
>     first_arg_name=0x40041d80 "GnomePilotConduitStandard::db_name", 
>     var_args=0xbfffead8) at gtkarg.c:267
> #7  0x405ea273 in gtk_object_args_collect (object_type=58901, 
>     arg_list_p=0xbfffeab4, info_list_p=0xbfffeab8, 
>     first_arg_name=0x40041d80 "GnomePilotConduitStandard::db_name", 
>     var_args=0xbfffead8) at gtkobject.c:986
> #8  0x405e934d in gtk_object_new (object_type=58901, 
>     first_arg_name=0x40041d80 "GnomePilotConduitStandard::db_name")
>     at gtkobject.c:584
> #9  0x40038abd in gnome_pilot_conduit_standard_abs_new (
>     db_name=0x408ac364 "MemoDB", creator_id=1835363695)
>     at gnome-pilot-conduit-standard-abs.c:127
> #10 0x408ab3a2 in conduit_get_gpilot_conduit (pilotId=6786)
>     at memo_file_conduit.c:1314
> #11 0x4004925f in gnome_pilot_conduit_management_instantiate_conduit (
>     self=0x80a5100, pilot=0x80965a8, instance=0x80a5034)
>     at gnome-pilot-conduit-management.gob:720
> #12 0x0804f559 in gpcc_conduits_settings (widget=0x80a0d90, 
>     user_data=0x80964f0) at gnome-pilot-conduitcap.c:557
> #13 0x0804f474 in gpcc_conduits_enable (widget=0x80a0d90,
> user_data=0x80964f0)
>     at gnome-pilot-conduitcap.c:518
> #14 0x405d5d21 in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE (object=0x80a0d90, 
>     func=0x804f3c0 <gpcc_conduits_enable>, func_data=0x80964f0, 
>     args=0xbfffecc0) at gtkmarshal.c:312
> #15 0x40608946 in gtk_handlers_run (handlers=0x8067a48,
> signal=0xbfffec60, 
>     object=0x80a0d90, params=0xbfffecc0, after=0) at gtksignal.c:1917
> #16 0x40607ca6 in gtk_signal_real_emit (object=0x80a0d90, signal_id=68, 
>     params=0xbfffecc0) at gtksignal.c:1477
> #17 0x40605ae0 in gtk_signal_emit (object=0x80a0d90, signal_id=68)
>     at gtksignal.c:552
> #18 0x4056e9dc in gtk_button_clicked (button=0x80a0d90) at
> gtkbutton.c:336
> #19 0x4057012e in gtk_real_button_released (button=0x80a0d90)
>     at gtkbutton.c:861
> #20 0x405d5d21 in gtk_marshal_NONE__NONE (object=0x80a0d90, 
>     func=0x40570080 <gtk_real_button_released>, func_data=0x0,
> args=0xbffff050)
>     at gtkmarshal.c:312
> #21 0x40607b32 in gtk_signal_real_emit (object=0x80a0d90, signal_id=67, 
>     params=0xbffff050) at gtksignal.c:1440
> #22 0x40605ae0 in gtk_signal_emit (object=0x80a0d90, signal_id=67)
>     at gtksignal.c:552
> #23 0x4056e90c in gtk_button_released (button=0x80a0d90) at
> gtkbutton.c:327
> #24 0x4056fa37 in gtk_button_button_release (widget=0x80a0d90,
> event=0x80e2af8)
>     at gtkbutton.c:721
> #25 0x405d5a2b in gtk_marshal_BOOL__POINTER (object=0x80a0d90, 
>     func=0x4056f960 <gtk_button_button_release>, func_data=0x0, 
>     args=0xbffff3f0) at gtkmarshal.c:28
> #26 0x40607ce9 in gtk_signal_real_emit (object=0x80a0d90, signal_id=27, 
>     params=0xbffff3f0) at gtksignal.c:1492
> #27 0x40605ae0 in gtk_signal_emit (object=0x80a0d90, signal_id=27)
>     at gtksignal.c:552
> #28 0x4063fff9 in gtk_widget_event (widget=0x80a0d90, event=0x80e2af8)
>     at gtkwidget.c:2864
> #29 0x405d5984 in gtk_propagate_event (widget=0x80a0d90,
> event=0x80e2af8)
>     at gtkmain.c:1378
> #30 0x405d49f5 in gtk_main_do_event (event=0x80e2af8) at gtkmain.c:818
> #31 0x4068bb4f in gdk_event_dispatch (source_data=0x0, 
>     current_time=0xbffff7c0, user_data=0x0) at gdkevents.c:2139
> #32 0x406bd390 in g_main_dispatch (dispatch_time=0xbffff7c0) at
> gmain.c:656
> #33 0x406bd96f in g_main_iterate (block=1, dispatch=1) at gmain.c:877
> #34 0x406bdb2b in g_main_run (loop=0x80d2368) at gmain.c:935
> #35 0x405d42b3 in gtk_main () at gtkmain.c:524
> #36 0x400507ed in capplet_corba_gtk_main () at capplet-widget-libs.c:140
> #37 0x40050116 in capplet_gtk_main () at capplet-widget.c:208
> #38 0x0804d2f1 in main (argc=4, argv=0xbffff96c)
>     at gpilotd-control-applet.c:173
> #39 0x407551f0 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #0  0x407f1689 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> No symbol table info available.
> #1  0x408626ec in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
> No symbol table info available.
> #2  0x40403aa6 in waitpid (pid=7423, stat_loc=0xbfffe4ec, options=0)
>     at wrapsyscall.c:172
> 	in wrapsyscall.c
> stat_loc = (int *) 0xbfffe4ec
> options = 0
> result = 0
> oldtype = 0
> #3  0x402d6bf6 in gnome_segv_handle (signum=11) at gnome-init.c:659
> 659			eret = waitpid(pid, &estatus, 0);
> estatus = 1073792285
> in_segv.5 = 1
> pid = 0
> #4  0x4040147b in pthread_sighandler (signo=11, ctx=
>       {gs = 0, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds =
> 43, __dsh = 0, edi = 3221219908, esi = 1, ebp = 3221219848, esp =
> 3221219468, ebx = 1080496792, edx = 1, ecx = 1, eax = 1, trapno = 14,
> err = 4, eip = 1081856831, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 2163202,
> esp_at_signal = 3221219468, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffe610,
> oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 1}) at signals.c:97
> 	in signals.c
> self = 0x4040a940
> in_sighandler = 0x0
> self = 0x4040a940
> in_sighandler = 0x0
> #5  0x40766128 in killpg () from /lib/libc.so.6
> No symbol table info available.
> #6  0x4056703e in gtk_args_collect (object_type=58901, 
>     arg_info_hash_table=0x805ec48, arg_list_p=0xbfffeab4, 
>     info_list_p=0xbfffeab8, 
>     first_arg_name=0x40041d80 "GnomePilotConduitStandard::db_name", 
>     var_args=0xbfffead8) at gtkarg.c:267
> 	in gtkarg.c
> info = (GtkArgInfo *) 0x0
> error = (gchar *) 0x0
> var_args = 0x1
> arg_list = (GSList *) 0x80657e8
> info_list = (GSList *) 0x80656c8
> arg_name = (gchar *) 0x1 <Address 0x1 out of bounds>
> #7  0x405ea273 in gtk_object_args_collect (object_type=58901, 
>     arg_list_p=0xbfffeab4, info_list_p=0xbfffeab8, 
>     first_arg_name=0x40041d80 "GnomePilotConduitStandard::db_name", 
>     var_args=0xbfffead8) at gtkobject.c:986
> 	in gtkobject.c
> No locals.
> 
> 
> 
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