I'm using the palm-sync plugin. Does that have the same bleak outlook
(pun half-intended)?
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:04:18 +0100, Jim Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:04:18 +0100
> From: Jim Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: multisync-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Multisync-users] Re: Multisync-users digest, Vol 1 #812 - 3 msgs
>
> Hi Mathew,
>
> Sorry but bad news. I've had the same problem now for months and it
> just does not work. The syncml plugin does not work correctly with Evo
> 2. The authors are working on a new version of the plugin to work with
> opensync but it will not be ready for a while.
>
> If you get a working plugin or other solution can you please let me
> know, and I'll do the same.
>
> Jim
>
> >Message: 1
> >From: Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Multisync Users <multisync-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> >Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:58:46 -0400
> >Subject: [Multisync-users] Ubuntu/Evolution/Treo600 Sync Fails
> >
> > I'm using Multisync v0.82 to sync my USB Treo600 to Evolution v2.2.1.1
> >under Ubuntu v5.04, and I'm having serious problems. I've got the
> >underlying pilot-link working, because some things sync, but Multisync
> >doesn't sync the Calendars (ToDos work, though), and Contacts get
> >doubled up with every sync that otherwise succeeds. I've got evolution
> >(2.2.1.1-u4.2), e-dev (2.2.1.1-0u4.2) evolution-data-server (1.2.1-0u1),
> >e-d-s-dev (1.2.1-0u1), evolution-webcal (2.2.0-0u1), multisync
> >(0.82-5u3) and libmultisync-plugin-all (0.82-5u3) (and thereby
> >l-p-backup, l-p-evolution, l-p-irmc, l-p-irmc-bluetooth, l-p-opie,
> >l-p-palm, l-p-syncml all at 0.82-5u3). I start with a hard-reset Treo
> >(my Windows sync is still working for real data population when this is
> >working) and a purged/reinstalled Evolution (I cleared all its gconf key
> >values, too), as well as deleted ~/.evolution and ~/.multisync dirs.
> >lsmod shows visor, uhci_hcd, usbcore, usbserial modules installed at
> >boot.
> >
> > I use Synaptic (as my nonroot user) to install those packages. Ubuntu
> >installs with /.dev/ttyUSB[0-15], not /dev/ttyUSB[0-15], though
> >otherwise configured properly as nodes (eg. crw-r--r-- root:root 188,
> >0 /.dev/ttyUSB0). I delete those, recreate them with mknod as eg.
> >crw-r--r-- root:root 188, 0 /dev/ttyUSB0 , then chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB* .
> >Then I ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot and ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/palm .
> >I start multisync from my (nonroot) user commandline, click "New...",
> >set the First plugin to "Ximian Evolution 2", its Options... for
> >Calendar, Addressbook and Tasks each set to "Personal". Second plugin I
> >set to "Palm-Sync", Options... Connection: Port: /dev/pilot , Speed
> >9600 , Timeout 10 , Type USB . I press the Treo HotSync button, then the
> >Multisync "Get From Device" button, and get my Username and ID from the
> >Treo into that Multisync dialog (so something is working). I set that
> >dialog's Options tab's Debug Option Verbosity to "Full Debug", and check
> >the Hotsync Notification: Popup checkbox. I leave the Plugins tab "Data
> >types to synchronize" checkboxes all checked for Calendar, Addressbook
> >and Tasks. I don't change any other settings in that Synchronization
> >Pair's dialog/tabs.
> >
> > I put a few test events in the Treo Calendar and ToDos in its ToDo
> >list.
> >
> > Multisync's main window now has a "Ximian Evolution 2 - Palm-Sync" pair
> >entry ("Auto" checkbox is unchecked); its status says 'Press "Sync" to
> >synchronize.'. I press the Treo Hotsync button (the Treo says it's
> >connecting to the desktop using Cradle/cable), then I press Multisync's
> >"Resync" button. I get the "are you sure? long time / potentially
> >duplicate entries" dialog, and click OK. Then a few syncing entries fly
> >by in the xterm window from which I started multisync.
> >
> > I start Evolution. My short default (factory) Contacts list appears in
> >the Evo Contacts list, but subsequent Sync operations (not Resync) cause
> >duplicates in Evo and on the Pilot. The Calendar does not show any
> >items, even though I created a few in the Treo. If I create events in
> >Evolution's Calendar, they don't appear in the Treo Calendar after a
> >subsequent sync. Test ToDos from the Treo appear in Evolution after the
> >initial Resync, but new ones don't appear to sync after a subsequent
> >Sync operation. The strangest part is that after the initial Resync,
> >the /dev/ttyUSB[0,1] files disappear from my filesystem. Subsequent
> >syncs delete more of those files, in pairs.
> >
> > This is a complex process, which I pieced together from lots of
> >disparate docs on the Web. It seems to almost work. I'm at wits end
> >after weeks of searching the Web and trying other diagnostics. Help!
--
(C) Matthew Rubenstein
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