Re: Pilot synch issues

[Andrew Greig <algreig bigpond net au>]

> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:25:00 -0400
> From: "David A. Desrosiers" <desrod gnu-designs com>
> Subject: Re: Pilot synch issues
> To: "The PalmOS&lt; tm&gt; integration pacakge"
> 	<gnome-pilot-list gnome org>
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> On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 19:59 +1000, Andrew Greig wrote:
> > Here is the output
> > 
> > [root localhost usr]# ./lib/gpilotd
> > gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 2.0.15 starting...
> > gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.12.1
> > gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [USB] [IrDA] [Network] 
> 
> Why are you running this as root? 
> 
> 
> -- 
> David A. Desrosiers
> desrod gnu-designs com
> setuid gmail com
> http://projects.plkr.org/

Hi David,

I was not too fresh at the time, but I did wake up to it for the last
message, I realised I was root and so switched back to $ as you see
below.  I wrestle with this problem for hours.  Frederic Crozat says he
has no problem using libusb under Mandriva to synch his Palm.  I have
had no success, and only limited success when reverting to the visor
script method.

> Finally figured out what you really wanted to see. 
> 
> bash-3.1$ exec /usr/lib/gpilotd
> gpilotd-Message: gnome-pilot 2.0.15 starting...
> gpilotd-Message: compiled for pilot-link version 0.12.1
> gpilotd-Message: compiled with [VFS] [USB] [IrDA] [Network]
> 
> ** (gpilotd:4784): WARNING **: Can not stat /root/tmp/orbit-andrew
> 
> 
> ** ERROR **: I can't write to '/root/tmp/orbit-andrew', ORB init failed
> aborting...

At least this explains why gpilotd does not show up in "top" . How to
fix it is the question.

Thanks
Andrew Greig














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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:54:45 -0400
> From: Pete Holsberg <pjh42 verizon net>
> Subject: Re: Newbie questions
> To: Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct debian org>,
> 	gnome-pilot-list gnome org
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> Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 17:03 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote:
> >> Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> >> >>> I too could never get visor and /dev/ttyUSB* to work with my 700p, so I
> >> >>> switched to libusb, which is faster.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Try this, it works for me with a 700p on Debian etch:
> >> >>>       * find /lib/modules -name visor.ko -print
> >> >>>       * mv <that file> /root/ [if there's more than one, give them different names]
> >> >>>       * rmmod visor
> >> >>>       * <Remove pilot-applet from panel, if it's running>
> >> >>>       * apt-get update && apt-get install libusb libusb-dev
> >> >>>       * cp /usr/share/pilot-link/udev/60-libpisock.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
> >> >>>       * /etc/init.d/udev restart
> >> >>>       * <Plug in Treo>
> >> >>>       * <Hit hotsync>
> >> >>>       * pilot-xfer -p usb: -l
> >> >>>       
> >>
> >>
> >> OK, after correcting the above, I see
> >>
> >> > linux [root] /root> pilot-xfer -p usb: -l
> >> >
> >> > Listening for incoming connection on usb:...
> >>
> >>
> >> And eventually the TREO times out.
> >>
> >> ??
> >>     
> >
> > Hmm.  Could be a couple of things.
> >
> >     * Try "lsmod"; does it include visor?  If so, that's blocking
> >       libusb from seeing the Treo.
> >
> 
> Nope.
> 
> >
> >     * Try "ps auwx | grep pilot"; if you see gpilotd anywhere in
> >       there, kill it.
> >
> 
> Not there.
> 
> >     * I find that timing is important: try syncing at the same time
> >       as, and just before, and just after hitting Enter on the
> >       pilot-xfer command, something might work.
> >
> 
> JUST BEFORE, JUST BEFORE!!! :-) :-) And |just before" works with 
> jpilot!!! Thanks, 1E6!!!
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