Re: I seem to be getting two copies of gpilotd started (xubuntu 8.10)

[Chris G <cl isbd net>]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 06:42:02PM +0000, Matt Davey wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 17:37 +0000, Chris G wrote:
> > I'm running gpilotd to synchronize a Treo 680 with Evolution under
> > xubuntu 8.10.
> > 
> > I installed the gpilot package in the normal way using synaptic and it
> > works OK, the only problem was that no applet icon appeared in the
> > xfce panel.
> > 
> > So I installed XfApplet which allows gnome applets to be put in the
> > Xfce panel and installed gpilot-control-applet with it.
> > 
> > That worked too, I can now see the gpilot daemon applet in the xfce panel.
> 
> So far so great.
> 
> > However :-), when I start the system up now an error box pops up
> > saying "Cannot run druid if PDAs or devices already configure".  This
> > sounds as if it's saying I'm trying to start two gpilotd processes,
> > how can I prevent this?
> 
> There had to be a 'however'!
> That error should only occur if you run gpilotd-control-applet with the
> "--druid" option after configuring gnome-pilot.  When you have the error
> window on the screen, what output do you get from running "ps auxww |
> grep gpilotd" from a terminal window?
> 
> 
Typical - I can't reproduce it now!  If/when it occurs again I'll run
the ps on it.

-- 
Chris Green