Setting up PalmVx for sync

Hexcts · n00b Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

New to linux, I have emerged palm-link but can not figure out what to do after that. Thanks for all your help in advance

Blef · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 26

ALlthough I havent used the pilot-link stuff in a while (i use the kde stuff now) IIRC, you need to create a symlink to the proper comport in /dev, so if your Palm is on COM1, you would do:

ozonator · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:41 am Post subject:

The Palm HOWTO should have the information you need. The pilot-link site also has some documentation, including a device matrix in the wiki that includes which port your Palm will attach to (USB, serial, whatever -- I don't remember which the Vx uses). There's more documentation out there (likely more in these forums, too), but these docs should give you the most essential details.

Two helpful hints: first, if you're using a USB connection (visor module, under usb-serial in the kernel config), the Palm doesn't appear as a USB device until you hit the hotsync button, so you should press that first, before issuing the sync command in Linux. Second, jpilot is a terrific program, which I recommend strongly; if you're using KDE or Gnome, make sure their respective pilot daemon processes aren't running if you want to use jpilot.

Best of luck!