Re: Synchronization failure / kernel 2.6.9

[Matt Davey <mcdavey mrao cam ac uk>]

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 16:48, Ralph Grove wrote:
> I'm using gpilotd to synchronize my Palm Tungsten-C with Ximian
> Evolution, running under Fedora 2. 
> 
> Everything was working fine until I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.9. Now
> the synch operation either never starts, or it fails with an error
> message on the handheld about a broken connection, but there is no error
> message from gpilotd.
> 
> Is anyone familiar with this problem, and where I might find
> documentation of it?

Did you compile your own kernel, or did you install one of the fedora
kernel RPMs?  (What is kernel version is reported by 'uname -a'?)

There are known problems with the Fedora kernels - I think versions 687
and 681, at least.  See very recent postings to this list.

The solution is to downgrade your kernel (possibly to build 267, I can't
speak first-hand) or build your own kernel, using a plain 2.6.9 source
distribution and use the .config file from your current kernel rpm (in
/boot/config-something).

Matt