KPilot and SuSE 8.2

I have very poor luck with this program. I am syncing a Clie via USB. Every so often I can get it to sync, but 90% of the time I only get that the device is linked in the log and then nothing happens after that and the hotsync icon in the KDE tray is frozen. Has anyone tried KitchenSync? Is it any more reliable? Greg Engel