Chris, Thank you very very much. With a little sed, and grep I will have the information nicely sorted for my purposes. It was mainly the memos that I collected - about 50 during the month that I have had this device - that I wanted to get. The address book will come later and other syncing.
thanks again and best, - yw On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 01:27 -0400, Chris Frey wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 10:00:17PM -0700, Yigal Weinstein wrote: > > I am sure there is a simple idea I am missing but when I issue > > ~/barry/tools/btool -t > > > > Blackberry devices found: > > No device selected > > > > The 8100 is connected but no matter if I choose "Mass Storage Mode" or > > select "No" to this question on the 8100 or do nothing when this > > question is posed I get the same response upon issuing: > > > > /usr/bin/btool -t > > ~/barry/tools/btool -t > > /usr/bin/barrybackup > > > > What do I need to do to get it to see my device? > > Ah yes, the 8100 is the Pearl. The Pearl shows up as Product ID 0006 > by default, which hides the database access. You can see USB information > with your device with the command "lsusb -v". > > Use the tools/bcharge program to make it change modes, then btool > should work. > > To be on the safe side, run: tools/bcharge -o > > You may need to be root, if you don't have udev setup to give access > to your user account. > > This bcharge option -o will avoid any possible conflict between the > Linux kernel's usb_storage module. If usb_storage is already currently > using your Pearl as a filesystem, you may need to remove the module first > before Barry will work with your device. > > lsmod | grep usb_storage > rmmod usb_storage (as root) > > See the udev/ directory in the CVS tree for hints on how to setup > your system. Alternately, you can install an RPM from the Sourceforge > site to set things up for you, and then run CVS's btool for the latest > features. This is if you have an RPM system. > > Hope that helps, > - Chris > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
