Re: [edlug] Hot Syncing Pilot clones? / Standing Order

[Greg Lewin <greglewin@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

Alex Wasserman wrote:

> I used kpilot, jpilot and the GNOME/Evolution conduits with a Palm 5. 
> It was connected using the serial port from its cradle.
> I had some problems though, although that was more distro dependent. 
> Mainly I just had to ensure that there was a link from /dev/pilot to 
> /dev/whereever_it's_plugged_in. After that I had to check the 
> connection speed.
>
> I also used a serial to USB adaptor. I just enabled the relevant 
> kernel option and loaded the module.  Then made sure of the link again.
>
> I think Evolution worked best for an all inclusive system, I didn't 
> much like the kpilot setup and gnome-pilot didn't do a lot. Jpilot is 
> very much an inferior clone of the Palm Desktop suite. Good, but not 
> very integrated with anything else. Evolution has a good set of conduits.
Thanks for the tips: it seems there are differences between the "true" 
Palms and the clones, such that clones like the Clie need to be treated 
like the Handspring Visor - using /dev/USBnn instead of  ttynn. I'm not 
quite there yet, but my curiosity is piqued somewhat.

It seems the answer to my question is something like "doesn't 'just 
work', needs tweaking - even for true Palms".

Greg.


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