On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 10:13 -0800, David L wrote: > >On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 09:24 -0800, David L wrote: > > > >> > > > I just bought a Treo 650 and was looking for info about how to > >use > > > >>it > > > >> > >with > > > >> > > > FC4 when I found the posting below which says FC4 is > >"completely > > > >>broken > > > >> > >with > > > >> > > > respect to Palm syncronization". Is this supposed to be > >addressed > > > >>in > > > >> > >FC5, > > > >> > > > or should I "downgrade" to FC3? Has anybody synced a Treo with > > > >> > >Evolution in > > > >> > > > FC5-test1? > > > >[snip] > > > >> > > > > > >> > >Palm syn still broken. The latest packages might have solved the > > > >>problem > > > >> > >for a couple of people, but at least in my case, I still need Mark > >G. > > > >> > >Adams' RPMs (see below) to get my Palm to sync. > > > >> > >I've given up on bug-reports. > > > >> > >Last time I counted, I found ~10 bugs related to udev ttyUSB, > >pilot-* > > > >> > >and gnome-pilot) > > > >> > > > > > >> > >I'm using the fix from: > > > >> > >http://zeniv.linux.org.uk/pub/people/mark_adams/ > > > [snip] > > > >>B. I created a /etc/dev directory and created the two ttyUSB0/1 nodes > >by > > > >>hand, pointing all pilot devices to the static device entries. This > > > >>solves all udev problems. > > > > > > > >This worked! It was weird... udev seemed to be creating the nodes > > > >(although it took a little while), but when I statically create the > >device > > > >entries, pilot-xfer is much happier. So far, all I've done is back up, > >but > > > >that's finally working. :) Now I'll try more complicated things like > > > >evolution sync. > > > > > > I've had little luck with evolution. It seems to crash a little bit > >more > > > often on startup since I've updated the pilot rpms... I don't know if > >that's > > > just a coincidence or not. Evolution has always crashed 2x per day for > >me. > > > One error I got was: > > > > > > GThread-ERROR **: file gthread-posix.c: line 160 (): error 'Device or > > > resource busy' during 'pthread_mutex_destroy ((pthread_mutex_t *) > >mutex)' > > > aborting... > > > Multiple segmentation faults occurred; can't display error dialog > > > > > > > > > I managed to sync one contact. When I tried to sync my calendar, it > >started > > > to do something and then I got a message on my Treo saying "The > >connecttion > > > between your handheld computer and the desktop was lost. Some of your > >data > > > was NOT backed up. gnome-pilot v.2.0.13." > > > > > > Then a minute later on my computer: The application > > > "evolution-exchange-storage" has quit unexpectedly. When I select > >"Inorm > > > Devolopers" and select evolution, it says "This application has bug > > > information, but Bug Buddy doesn't know about it. Please choose another > > > application." > > > > > > Then I get a message saying "Evolution tasks have quit unexpectedly"... > >then > > > "evolution calendar has crashed unexpectedly". > > > > > > The installed RPMs for evolution have newer version numbers than the > >ones on > > > the http://zeniv.linux.org.uk/pub/people/mark_adams/ site, so I didn't > > > install them... should I install them even though their version is > >older? > > > > > > Thanks... > > > > > > David > > > >My RPM versions (if it helps.) > >[gilboa@gilboa-home-dev build]$ rpm -qa | egrep 'pilot|evo' | sort > >evolution-2.2.3-2.fc4 > >evolution-data-server-1.2.3-3.fc4 > >gnome-pilot-2.0.13-4 > >gnome-pilot-conduits-2.0.13-2 > >jpilot-0.99.8-0.pre10.fc4.1 > >pilot-link-0.12.0-0.pre4.0.fc4.2 > >pilot-link-devel-0.12.0-0.pre4.0.fc4.2 > > > >Gilboa > I have all of the same ones... additionally, I have: > > evolution-connector-2.2.2-5 > evolution-data-server-devel-1.2.3-3.fc4 > evolution-devel-2.2.3-2.fc4 > evolution-webcal-2.2.0-1 > gnome-pilot-conduits-debuginfo-2.0.13-2 > gnome-pilot-debuginfo-2.0.13-4 > gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.13-4 > > I've managed to sync one calendar event to my local calendar... before I was > trying to sync to my exchange calendar. I don't know if the problem was due > to an interaction between sync and the evolution-connector or a much larger > number of events, but it seems happier with a few local events. > > Thanks again... > > David Never tried the exchange connector. May you are hitting a different bug altogether... I just logged into another machine. (i386 on this one.) Here's the RPMs version. [gilboa@gilboa-work-dev Evo]$ rpm -qa | egrep 'evo|pilot' | sort evolution-2.2.3-2.fc4 evolution-connector-2.2.2-5 evolution-data-server-1.2.3-3.fc4 evolution-webcal-2.2.0-1 gnome-pilot-2.0.13-4 gnome-pilot-conduits-2.0.13-2 pilot-link-0.12.0-0.pre4.0.fc4.2 pilot-link-devel-0.12.0-0.pre4.0.fc4.2 Gilboa
