From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 Description of problem: Upgraded 7.3 to latest errata kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x. After upgrade gnome-pilot will no longer sync with palm connected to serial port 2 /dev/ttyS1. Downgraded kernel to 2.4.18-10 and gnome-pilot would once again sync. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade 7.3 to kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x 2. Attempt to sync palm pilot using serial cradle 3. Actual Results: gnome-pilot never detects the palm pilot. Palm will eventually time out unable to connect. Expected Results: Expect palm to sync with gnome-pilot Additional info:
Tested 2.4.18-18.7.x Still cannot sync serial palm after update.
Finally got around to doing some additional testing regarding this problem. The bug seems to be gnome-pilot specific. System is now updated to 2.4.18-24.7.x kernel. gnome-pilot is still unable to connect to the palm. However, I was able to execute pilot-xfer from the command line and back up all files from the plam. pilot-xfer works fine but gnome-pilot will not work unless using 2.4.18-10 or earlier kernel.
Did a little more research. gpilotd seems to be the problem. I could not communicate with the palm from the command line using pilot-xfer while gpilotd was running. Killed gpilotd and pilot-xfer was able to connect and send and receive with the palm.
I'm sorry that this bug has gone so long without activity. Did killing gpilotd one time as mentioned in ccomment #3 fix the problem permanently? Otherwise: What version of gnome-pilot was this with? The one that shipped with Red Hat Linux 7.3? (gnome-pilot-0.1.64, I believe) Have you had any success with more recent versions of the kernel, or of gnome-pilot?
Actually reported this back when 7.3 was the newest distro. Have not seen this for a while so I belive this can be closed as fixed with newer versions.