Bug 126376 - Palm Sync doesn't work out of the box.
Summary: Palm Sync doesn't work out of the box.
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pilot-link
Version: 2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Than Ngo
QA Contact:
URL: http://fedoranews.org/tchung/gnome-pi...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-06-20 17:54 UTC by Johnny Proton
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-06-29 18:22:55 UTC
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Description Johnny Proton 2004-06-20 17:54:59 UTC
Description of problem: Palm Sync doesn't work out of the box.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC2
Standard Install


How reproducible:  Every computer I tried.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose (from start) Preferences > More Preferences > Palm OS Devices
2. Attempt to sync the Palm device using USB in default location of
/dev/pilot.  Follow on-screen instructions.
  
Actual results: Palm device is unable to connect.


Expected results: Palm should connect.


Additional info: Following the extremely easy
http://fedoranews.org/tchung/gnome-pilot/ I found that all I needed to
to was create a symbolic link from /dev/pilot to /dev/ttyUSB1 and it
worked.

I think this should work out of the box and the link should already
have been created if the installer expects us to put the pilot in
/dev/pilot.

Comment 1 Than Ngo 2004-06-29 18:22:55 UTC
it's a setting problem here. pilot-link will use device file <port> to
communicate with the Palm handheld. if it is not specified, will look
for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If both are not found, will
fall back to /dev/pilot.

in your case you have to set your Port to correct device with gnome-pilot






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