Re: [jgoerzen complete org: Bug#199628: gnome-pilot: Cannot configure new device]

[Edward Murray <edd avenuedesign net>]

I have been having exactly the same problems also on debian. I have
still not been able to get mine working.

Ed

On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 18:08, Mike Markley wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on the below? (Excluding, of course, #4
> and 5, which are basically a matter of updating the README). I'm unable
> to reproduce locally.
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from John Goerzen <jgoerzen complete org> -----
> 
> From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen complete org>
> Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:03:11 -0500
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit bugs debian org>
> Subject: Bug#199628: gnome-pilot: Cannot configure new device
> Reply-To: John Goerzen <jgoerzen complete org>, 199628 bugs debian org
> 
> Package: gnome-pilot
> Version: 2.0.9-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> gnome-pilot is completely unable to configure my Palm for use with Gnome.
> 
> After I solved the USB problem (see previous report), then I would get the
> error:
> 
> "Unknown pilot - no pilots matches ID" with a large negative number.
> 
> Some points about this:
> 
> 1. This error occured whether or not I told it I had synced the pilot
> before.  (In fact, I had, and it did have a user name and ID already.)
> 
> 2. I tried changing my user ID to something different using install-user,
> and that did not help.
> 
> 3. dlpsh showed the user ID correctly, and differently than the gnome-pilot
> druid.
> 
> 4. "gnomecc" no longer exists.
> 
> 5. gnome-control-center forces me into the EXACT SAME druid as I was using,
>    so that bit of advice is no help whatsoever.
> 
> I finally managed to get it to work by finding a configuration file out on
> the 'net, adapting it to my situation, and then running the configuration
> tool.
> 
> - -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux heinrich 2.4.21-ac1 #1 Wed Jun 18 08:39:11 CDT 2003 i686
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
> 
> Versions of packages gnome-pilot depends on:
> ii  bonobo-activation         1:2.2.2-1      Bonobo Activation Framework
> ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.12-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
> ii  libatk1.0-0               1.2.4-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
> ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.3-4        The Audiofile Library
> ii  libbonobo-activation4     1:2.2.2-1      Bonobo Activation Framework -- run
> ii  libbonobo2-0              2.2.3-1        Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
> ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.2.2-1        The Bonobo UI library
> ii  libc6                     2.3.1-17       GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
> ii  libesd0                   0.2.29-1       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
> ii  libgconf2-4               2.2.1-1        GNOME configuration database syste
> ii  libgcrypt1                1.1.12-3       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
> ii  libglade2-0               2.0.1-3        Library to load .glade files at ru
> ii  libglib2.0-0              2.2.2-1        The GLib library of C routines
> ii  libgnome-pilot2           2.0.9-2        Support libraries for gnome-pilot
> ii  libgnome2-0               2.2.2-1        The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
> ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.2.1-1        A powerful object-oriented display
> ii  libgnomeui-0              2.2.1-1        The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
> ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.2.5-2        The GNOME virtual file-system libr
> ii  libgnutls5                0.8.8-1        GNU TLS library - runtime library
> ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.2.1-6        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
> ii  libjpeg62                 6b-8           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
> ii  liblinc1                  2:1.0.3-1      library to simplify creating netwo
> ii  libncurses5               5.3.20030510-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand
> ii  liborbit2                 1:2.6.2-1      Libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
> ii  libpanel-applet2-0        2.2.2.1-1      Library for GNOME 2 Panel applets
> ii  libpango1.0-0             1.2.1-4        Layout and rendering of internatio
> ii  libpisock8                0.11.7-5       Libraries for communicating with a
> ii  libpisync0                0.11.7-5       Synchronization library for PalmOS
> ii  libpopt0                  1.7-2          lib for parsing cmdline parameters
> ii  libreadline4              4.3-5          GNU readline and history libraries
> ii  libtasn1-0                0.1.2-1        Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
> ii  libxml2                   2.5.7-1        GNOME XML library
> ii  xlibs                     4.3.0-0ds4     X Window System client libraries
> ii  zlib1g                    1:1.1.4-13     compression library - runtime
> 
> - -- debconf information:
>   gnome-pilot/bugwarn62: 
> 
> 
> - ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
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> Mike Markley <mike markley org>
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