gpilot control issues and hotsync After blaming Evolution for my system crashes during initiation of pda synchronization, I owe an apology to the Evolution team. I have discovered a method for initiating pda hotsync which no longer breaks my system. My system is SuSE 8.2, XD2, Evolution 1.4.4, and a HP Pavilion computer with a Pentium 4 processor 2Ghz and 512 Mb DDR memory. XD2 was installed with Red-carpet and auto install.
Evolution was found through experimentation NOT to be the cause of the keyboard freezes, failure to start hotsync, or ANY of the derivatives, which usually resulted in keyboard lockup and total system freeze. The only solution for this required a complete system restart to correct. The problem was found to be gpilot itself and the timing sequences between it and the hotsync function with my pda's - Palm ZIRE and Sony clie SJ20. A solution (band-aid), which has not caused ANY failures after testing countless variations to "break it"; ie, the system, is as follows: Obviously, your mileage may vary or not work at all. 1. First if it is not already there, ensure that gpilot is entrenched in the lower panel of the XD2 desktop as an Icon. For other window managers you'll have to figure it our for yourself. 2. Look at the color of the icon. Chances are it's "white". If already "yellow" go to step 5. "Next perform a hotsync...", otherwise continue with step 3. 3. Right click on the Icon if NOT "yellow" and select the option "continue" or "Pause" whichever is visible. Depending on the state of your system either one will be present but NOT both. The Icon should turn "yellow" 4. Right click a second time and select "restart" 5. Next perform a hotsync from your pda. It should beep and go through the normal sync routine as defined by Evolution conduit settings. The Icon will turn "green" during the syncing operation and return to "white" when complete. BEFORE initiating another hotsync, repeat step 2 through 5 and it should work perfectly every time. If your near brain dead like me, I recommend leaving the gpilot Icon in the "yellow" state as that way nothing will happen if you attempt a hotsync operation without performing these steps. This will serve as a reminder for you to do JUST step 4. Again, my sincere apologies to the Evolution Team for blaming them for my pda misfortunes, and thank you for a greatly improved 1.4.4 version which seems to have fixed a myriad of problems. I know this is a lengthy post, but perhaps others may benefit by my unscientific solution to a problem which has been driving me near crazy for quite some time. There has to be a better solution, but I'm more than a little happy just to have a solution. As a Physicist I know the scientific method but am a less than adequate programmer. Harry Solid State Physicist _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
