Re: Pilot Applet invisible

[Nathan Owens <pianocomp81 yahoo com>]

--- Simon Roberts <thorpflyer yahoo com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm still trying to get a working palm<-->Evolution link. I've downloaded and built the
> gnome-pilot release, the conduits, and the panel applet package (building was tricky, as all
> kinds of unexpected dependencies kept cropping up, not least the scrollkeeper stuff). Anyway,
> now I have a strange situation and seek help again.
> 
> The daemon is running, and it appears that the applet is running too (at least it shows up under
> ps after I try to add it to the panel). Furthermore, if I connect the palm and hit sync, the
> sync window pops up and shows that it's backing up the palm. However, the applet is invisible.
> This is odd, but the big problem is that I can't see any way to configure the conduits. This, I
> assume, is the reason that the data from the palm does not show up in Evolution.

I'm not sure why the applet wouldn't be showing up. Usually, you'd click on the applet to launch
the configuration GUI. In lieu of that, you can run gpilotd-control-applet from the command line,
which will allow you to configure the conduits.

One way to troubleshoot why the applet isn't showing up on the gnome-panel bar is to run the
command:
  > $INSTALL_PATH/libexec/gpilot-applet --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_PilotApplet_Factory
and then add PilotApplet to the gnome-panel. You should see some messages print out in the
command-line, which you can send this e-mail list. I don't know how much it'll help, but it's a
good place to start. Based on your comments, the applet is indeed running.

Also make sure you didn't start gpilot-applet from the command line without the
--oaf-activate-iid. I tried that just now, and while gpilot-applet was running it didn't show up
any panel. It doesn't sound like that's the problem though (sounds like the gnome-panel GUI was
used to add the applet).

Nathan






 
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