Re: Loading software onto Palm

[Jeremey Wise <Jeremey Wise Agilysys com>]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:19 -0500, Jeremey Wise wrote: 
> On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:06 -0500, Matthew M Davis wrote:
> > You still have to sync the pilot.
> > 
> > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 13:51 -0500, Jeremey Wise wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 13:41 -0500, Jeremey Wise wrote:
> > > > I feel stupid even asking this question but I googled around and tried
> > > > several avenues to figure out how to load a software program I download
> > > > to the palm within a Linux environment. When I used XP I just used the
> > > > palm Desktop and when you double-clicked on the 'palm program
> > > > (extensions) it asked if you wanted to load it upon next transfer. How
> > > > is this done within Linux?
> > > > 
> > > Sorry. clicked send before finished. I have tried using
> > > "gpilot-install-file --later Bejeweled.prc" (or now and it just sits
> > > their and never does anything. I left it alone for a 10Min and then
> > > killed shell. I  tried the typical restart of gpilotd and no change.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> I did this with both with the --later paramater and without. Without
> pops up a box prompting you to press the sync button but even though
> sync works the box never closes (and the game never shows up). 
> 
> Questions:
> 1) Does gpilotd-controll-applet have to be stopped or running?
> 2) Can I just copy the files into ~/MyPilot/ and have that sufficient?
> 3) Is their a way to use dlpsh to send the files? (ie stop gpilotd and
> use the dlpsh interface?
> 4) Does anyone know of a AIM client and SSH client that is not $20 that
> works on PALM with Linux? (if I have to pay then I wil but why spend the
> $ when you don't have to)
> 

One a side note why is it that 'gpilotd' never seems to allow a kill.

Example:
wisej wizej:~/MyPilot> kill 21144
wisej wizej:~/MyPilot> ps -ef |grep pil
wisej    21144     1  0 15:13 ?
00:00:01 /opt/gnome/lib/gnome-pilot/gpilotd
--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Pilot_Daemon --oaf-ior-fd=32
wisej    22625  5385  0 15:15 pts/2    00:00:00 grep pil
wisej wizej:~/MyPilot> kill -9 21144
wisej wizej:~/MyPilot> ps -ef |grep pil
wisej    21144     1  0 15:13 ?
00:00:01 /opt/gnome/lib/gnome-pilot/gpilotd
--oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_Pilot_Daemon --oaf-ior-fd=32
wisej    22631  5385  0 15:16 pts/2    00:00:00 grep pil
wisej wizej:~/MyPilot>

Is this a SUSE thing?
Also, How can you get suse to automatically start gpilotd (and not load
ehci_hcd module .. if someone knows that one:>)

Current start method is:
1) 'rmmod ehci_hcd' -> SUSE bug which for some reason loads both old
and new USB modules
2) 'gpilotd-control-applet' to start the gpilotd deamon
3) Now sync will work.


-- 
Thanks,

Jeremey Wise
jeremey wise agilysys com

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