Re: gpilotd sync stopped working

[Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct debian org>]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 17:48 +0200, Tom Billiet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As you are using libusb, it might be udev that breaks it.
> Are you running pilot-xfer as root, or as the same user as gpilotd?

Same non-root user as gpilotd.

> For me to get them both working as non-root user, I had to do the
> following:
> 
> in /etc/udev/rules.d/60-libpisock.rules
> Change this line:
> SUBSYSTEMS!="usb", ACTION!="add", GOTO="libpisock_rules_end"
> to:
> SUBSYSTEMS!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="libpisock_rules_end"
> 
> I also posted this to pilot-link mailing list, but it did not arrive
> there yet.

>From the behavior, it seems this fix, or something like it, is in the
Debian package.

Thanks,
-Adam

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Adam C Powell IV
> Time: 28-04-08 00:36 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm running Debian lenny (testing) with pilot-link 0.12.3-4 and
> > gnome-pilot 2.0.15-2.1.  Sometime in the past 3-4 weeks (don't know
> > exactly what upgrade), sync stopped working.  I plug in my Treo 700, hit
> > sync, and nothing happens.  None of my old tricks involving timing a
> > gpilotd restart or continue with the sync work (tried everything from 10
> > secs before to 10 secs after at 1 sec intervals).  And nothing shows up
> > in .xsession-errors when I sync, it's as if gpilotd doesn't know
> > anything is going on.
> > 
> > However, pilot-xfer works just fine, and as many times as I like, so I
> > can back everything up just fine, regardless of the timing of running
> > pilot-xfer vs. syncing the device (which is better than things were
> > under etch).  Thus the problem is *not* libusb (which I use), or
> > libpisync/libpisock etc.
> > 
> > I haven't changed any of my old settings since it last worked with
> > lenny.
> > 
> > Any ideas on what could be wrong with my setup?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -Adam
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