Need Help Getting Kpilot Working in SuSE 8.1
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI All: I have just installed KDE 3.1 and Kpilot 4.3.6 on SuSE 8.1. I seem to have several problems getting the Palm Pilot to sync. The first problem I have is that I can not find a /dev/pilot anywhere on my system to point to the usb hot sync cradle. The second problem is that when Kpilot is started it complains about not being able to open the addressbook database etc.. This I believe is caused by the fact that a hot sync has not been proformed so they have not been created. Can someone help me straighten out the /dev/pilot problem and get it pointing to the usb hot sync cradle. Thanks for your help. - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 5:31, days users hours minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+WOj3mmsm1DCXO8QRAq1DAJ4yif0hzALkIwrJSE336SMuKcUARwCgsMD6 lGu4heRhvbYSbTXMl884y2U= =PxZw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sunday 23 February 2003 15:29, Ralph De Witt wrote:
HI All: I have just installed KDE 3.1 and Kpilot 4.3.6 on SuSE 8.1. I seem to have several problems getting the Palm Pilot to sync. The first problem I have is that I can not find a /dev/pilot anywhere on my system to point to the usb hot sync cradle. The second problem is that when Kpilot is started it complains about not being able to open the addressbook database etc.. This I believe is caused by the fact that a hot sync has not been proformed so they have not been created. Can someone help me straighten out the /dev/pilot problem and get it pointing to the usb hot sync cradle. Thanks for your help. -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 5:31, days users hours minutes.
log in as root cd /dev ln -s ttyUSB1 pilot That will sort the link out for you Tom
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 07:42, Tom Wesley wrote:
log in as root cd /dev ln -s ttyUSB1 pilot
That will sort the link out for you Tom: Thanks very much that got the link sorted out but I still have no joy. When I start kpilot using a konsole window I get:
ralph@linux:~> kpilot ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/MemoDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/MemoDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void MemoWidget::initialize()] : Can't open local database MemoDB ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/MemoDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/MemoDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void MemoWidget::initialize()] : Can't open local database MemoDB WARNING: [void MemoWidget::slotTextChanged()] : slotTextChanged with no memo selected! ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/AddressDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/AddressDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void AddressWidget::initialize()] : Could not open local AddressDB ralph@linux:~> In Kpilot I see the following so I think the link is made: Version: KPilot 4.3.6 (3_1_BRANCH) Version: pilot-link 0.9.5 Version: KDE 3.1.0 Version: Qt 3.1.1 HotSync Log 12:27:50 HotSyncing. Please press the HotSync button. 12:27:54 Device link ready. The Sync progress bar goes to 10%, after that the Palm unit throws up the standard error The connection between your handheld computer and the desktop could not be established Please check your setup and try again. In Kpilot I have the following Active Conduits: KDE Addressbook Conduit KOrganizer Calendar Conduit KOrganizer Todo Conduit KPilot KNotes Conduit Do you have any ideas what to try next? Thanks for your help so far. - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 10:34, days users hours minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+WTKlmmsm1DCXO8QRArX2AJ9/NjmYeDdYfi9xbxWHC0UB8pcV1wCggP2T Fr0pGwsrNJh8WV4JklPTMM0= =DZxR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
ralph@linux:~> kpilot ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/MemoDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/MemoDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void MemoWidget::initialize()] : Can't open local database MemoDB ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/MemoDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/MemoDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void MemoWidget::initialize()] : Can't open local database MemoDB WARNING: [void MemoWidget::slotTextChanged()] : slotTextChanged with no memo selected! ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/AddressDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/AddressDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void AddressWidget::initialize()] : Could not open local AddressDB ralph@linux:~>
Make sure you go into all the programs on the Palm, esp the calender and contacts, this will create the databases for you. Try turning off all the conduits in kpilot, add them one by one and see which ones breaks it. I might be able to help with one specific conduit. Tom
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 23 February 2003 12:51, Tom Wesley wrote:
ralph@linux:~> kpilot ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/MemoDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/MemoDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void MemoWidget::initialize()] : Can't open local database MemoDB ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/MemoDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/MemoDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void MemoWidget::initialize()] : Can't open local database MemoDB WARNING: [void MemoWidget::slotTextChanged()] : slotTextChanged with no memo selected! ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/Ralph F. De Witt/AddressDB.pdb ERROR: [virtual void PilotLocalDatabase::openDatabase()] : Failed to open /home/ralph/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/AddressDB.pdb WARNING: [virtual void AddressWidget::initialize()] : Could not open local AddressDB ralph@linux:~>
Make sure you go into all the programs on the Palm, esp the calender and contacts, this will create the databases for you.
Try turning off all the conduits in kpilot, add them one by one and see which ones breaks it. I might be able to help with one specific conduit.
Tom Tom: I have disabled all the Conduits in Kpilot I still get no joy, it still gets to the the 10% mark the errors out on the Palm. This is what I see in Kpilot:
Version: KPilot 4.3.6 (3_1_BRANCH) Version: pilot-link 0.9.5 Version: KDE 3.1.0 Version: Qt 3.1.1 HotSync Log 13:12:58 Trying to open device... 13:12:58 Could not open device: /dev/pilot (will retry) 13:14:10 Device link ready. 13:14:20 HotSyncing. Please press the HotSync button. I have visited the calander, addressbook, and todo list in the palm and created a new item in each. When I log my palm hotsync I see all the standard oks for my last sync with a windows machine. I was careful to keep my user name the same in both machine desktops. I am at a lose as what could be the problem. - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 11:23, days users hours minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+WT1ammsm1DCXO8QRAvjpAKCZc7JDiSEqCiUy0ax54hGH2zPSGwCdFou6 4G2IJfRik91AjJwZNZMnHdw= =2ZR4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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