[ILUG] Re: Palm Pilot and Linux - Sync Probs

From: John P. Looney (valen at domain redbrick.dcu.ie)
Date: Fri 21 May 1999 - 11:31:24 IST


On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:49:09AM +0100, Richard D mentioned:
> I _think_ the software setups are correct.
> So, any ideas? and is there any Linux utility I could use to see if there is
> communication between the Hot-Sync cradle and the PC?

 Get down the pilot-link package.

 An strace on the "pilot-xfer -b backupdir" command should tell you what's
happening. Also, try change the PILOTRATE variable. Different speeds work
differently; on mine, it used to work at 57600bps, now it won't work past
19600bps, even in Linux. No idea why.

Kate

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