Re: Sony Clie with USB sync

[Daniel Brodie <daniel brodienet com>]

Thank you for your help. This is some of the info I gathered while
playing around with it a bit more.

I removed the applet. The process didn't die. I tried sending -9 but it
was properly hung on IO or parent or somthing. (I have been able to make
programs that are unkillable like that, IIRC they were some kind of
orphans, either way very weird stuff)

Anyway, the only way it works for me is if I start a sync before I run
gpilotd otherwise gpilotddosn't work. Also I have to restart gpilotd
between sync's. Currently my pilot uses /dev/ttyUSB0 and I have a
symbolic link from /dev/pilot to that. I have to use the serial method
in gnome-pilot. If I use the usb method my machine freezes (well the
sysreq keys work ;) ) and the scool lock and caps lock start flashing.
Notice I DO sync using a usb device, but in gnome-pilot I have to set
the type of sync to serial.

Now for some output.

gpilotd not during a sync:
gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 2.0.10 starting...
gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.11.7
gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [USB] [IrDA] [Network]
 
(gpilotd:4701): gpilotd-WARNING **: Could not open device Cradle
(/dev/ttyUSB0): reason: "No such device".
gpilotd-Message: Activating CORBA server
gpilotd-Message: bonobo_activation_active_server_register = 0

I try sync'ing but nothing happens, and in the end my palm gives me an
error about not connecting.

gpilotd started during a sync:
gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 2.0.10 starting...
gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.11.7
gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [USB] [IrDA] [Network]
gpilotd-Message: Activating CORBA server
gpilotd-Message: bonobo_activation_active_server_register = 0
gpilotd-Message: Watching Cradle (/dev/ttyUSB0)
gpilotd-Message: Woke on Cradle
gpilotd-Message: setting PILOTRATE=57600
gpilotd-Message: Cradle Cradle has 0 events
gpilotd-Message: Instantiating 1 conduits...
gpilotd-Message: Instantiated 1 backup conduits, 0 file conduits, 0
other conduits
gpilotd-Message: HotSync button pressed, synchronizing pilot
gpilotd-Message: Pilot ID is 29329, name is Sony Clie, owner is Kevin
Burke
gpilotd-Message: Pilot has 0 entries in restore queue
gpilotd-Message: Pilot has 0 entries in conduit queue
backupconduit-Message: Making backup of finger
backupconduit-Message: Wrote 1 of 1 records, which is good
backupconduit-Message: redbook-07.pdf not modified since last sync
{much more here, I cut out}
backupconduit-Message: Wordnet medium not modified since last sync
gpilotd-Message: Synchronization ended

At this point, if I try to sync again it dosn't work, same as before.
Restarting gpilotd repeats itself.

Thank you for your help.
-Daniel

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 02:04, Lars Weissflog wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> I had severe problems with my Clie and gpilotd, too. They are mostly
> gone with the newer releases as those you use. For the
> memo-files-conduit, please refer to the archives of this list. There
> have been dozens of mails lately dealing with this. To keep it short: It
> doesn't work at the moment wit gnome-pilot 2.0.10. The memo stuff is
> simply broken. Disable that conduit.
> 
> For the general connection issue try this: 
> 1) Do NOT use the applet, remove it from the tray.
> 2) open a shell and kill gpilotd. (You must be able to kill it.
> Otherwise you don't use linux but some kind of windoze. Try killing it
> by its process-id, i.e. "kill -9 1234" if 1234 is the id, you get that
> number from "ps aux"
> 3) after killing gpilotd start it by simply typing "gpilotd"
> 4) send us the output. Maybe your connection settings are completely
> wrong.
> 5) try to connect and watch the shell. Evo doesn't have to be running
> while you do all this, but it should work if evo runs. 
> 
> For the todo-crashes I have no idea, sorry.
> 
> Tell us more.
> 
> HtH
> 
> Lars 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 07:18, Daniel Brodie wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have been trying to get gnome-pilot to work with my Sony Clie with a
> > usb sync. pilot-* and memos all work great (after a little tweaking ;)
> > ).
> > 
> > gnome-pilot version: 2.0.10 from NyQuist repository on Redhat 9
> > pilot-link version: 0.11.7 from redhat rawhide.
> > 
> > setting up the gpilot initially with Serial (didn't work with USB? Is
> > this because its 'emulated' with serial in the visor module?) works. But
> > after trying to set some conduits (Specifically, the test conduit, the
> > evolution todo conduit, and the memo_files conduit, now the gpilotd
> > froze and evolution crashs every time I try going into the todo folder.
> > 
> > Basicly my question is, are there conduits that I can try out that are
> > known to work so I can test this to make sure it really works? I
> > currently can't even kill -9 gpilotd! (I cant reboot curently but I will
> > try to play with things again next time I can)
> > 
> > Also, there was one time where the sync'ing didnt freeze (I believe only
> > the test conduit was enabled) but instead nothing happened, except my
> > palm complained that it couldnt connect. (the color on the applet didnt
> > change either).
> > 
> > I would appiciate any help.
> > Thank you.
> > 	-Daniel
> > 
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