Subject: Re: Handspring and evloution
From: James Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 17:51:49 AKDT
There was just a bunch of discusion of syncing the handspring w/usb to
evolution on the ximian-gnome list. Several people appeared to have
tried it and only one I saw called it usable. I believe it was on a Man
8.1 box, but I wouldn't swear to it. Maybe those people were still using
kernels < 2.4.17.
Jim Gribbin
On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 22:47, Arthur Corliss wrote:
>
> On 29 Sep 2002, Jim Gribbin wrote:
>
> >
> > >From what I've seen about usb syncs on the Ximian-Gnome list, usb
> > syncing is iffy at best. General consensus seems to be to get a serial
> > sync going. I use a TRG Pro(palm 3) with a serial cradle, that works
> > pretty well (not 100%).
> >
> > The packages installed on my RH 7.3 box are:
> >
> > gnome-pilot
> > gnome-pilot-conduits
> > pilot-link
> >
> > I would think you would need about the same ones on suse.
>
> What have you heard about it being iffy? I do syncs quite reliably via USB,
> and even use the memory stick as extra storage (using the SCSI and USB storage
> modules). Pilot tools may not have gotten a stable rev yet, but the current
> cvs version is solid enough to be a release candidate.
>
> Now, the gnome support for USB is only in cvs as well, from what I hear, so
> don't expect a stable rev to be able to use it. I always sync from either
> JPilot or the shell, so it's a bit of a moot point for me.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
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