I use Kpilot, and I've found that even when Kpilot is running, the palm won't
"hot-sync" until the actual program that interfaces with the serial port
(called kpilotDaemon) is running.
Try running a terminal (alt-f2, type xterm) and then running kpilotDaemon in
the terminal so that you can view any error messages produced.
Also, I suggest that you say that you HAVE NOT synced your pilot for the first
time already, as the software under windows is different from the linux
software, and I expect that the linux software wants to do a full backup of
your pilot the first time, and only do an incremental backup after that.
Jay Summet
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this is a repost.
>
> I'm having problems syncing my Pilot under Linux. Of course, as if
> to spite me,
> it works just fine under Windows.
>
> I'm running hte developer install of Mandrake 7.1 with Helix Gnome
> 1.2 installed.
> I selected full installations for both Mandrake and Gnome. The rpms
> for
> pilot-link, gpilot and kpilot are all installed.
>
> I have done a chmod 666 to /dev/ttyS1 and am able to download
> pictures from
> my camera from that port without problems using gPhoto.
>
> When I try to use the GPilot Applet, I am walked thru the setup and I
> choose
> /dev/ttyS1, 9600 baud and indicate that I have synced the Pilot
> previously
> (I assume this is correct as I have Synced under Windows). When
> prompted, I
> hit the HotSync button and... nothing happens, the PIlot times out.
> I have
> disabled the timeout on the Pilot and let it attempt to Sync for ~10
> minutes w/o success.
>
> I have also tried $ pilot-xfer /dev/ttyS1 -i foo.prc, and I get
> prompted to hit the
> Sync button - again the Pilot times out.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> m-
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