[Kde-pim] Can't sync Tungsten T2 with Kontact using Kpilot

[robert at narnia.homeunix.com]

Hi Daniel,

Have you tried using pilot-link directly from the command line?  That will 
help determine whether the problem is in kpilot or in your configuration 
still....

Robert

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Daniel Migneault wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I recently bought a used Palm Tungsten T2 and cannot get it to sync with
> Kpilot on Fedora 11.
>
> At first, I only got error messages that said there was no /dev/pilot device
> (I can't remember the exact wording - I'll go back to that stage if it's of
> any importance).
>
> After some reading, I wrote this udev rule:
>
>   ATTRS{idVendor}=="0830", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0060", SYMLINK="pilot",
> MODE="0666"
>
> This identifies the T2 from its vendor and product attributes and creates a
> nice /dev/pilot link with permissions that should let me use it. I should
> add I tried setting the owner and group attributes to no avail.
>
> Now, I get these messages when I sync (from the kpilot log):
>
>   Version: KPilot 5.3.0 (KDE 4.3.0)
>   Version: pilot-link 0.12.3
>   Version: KDE 4.3.00 (KDE 4.3.0)
>   Version: Qt 4.5.2
>
>   HotSync Log
>
>   09:50:17 Starting the KPilot daemon ...
>   09:50:17 Daemon started.
>   09:50:17 Daemon status is `.kde.kpilot.daemon was not provided by any
> .service files'
>   09:50:20 Trying to open device /dev/pilot...
>   09:50:20 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/usbdev2.2_ep89].
>   09:50:25 Trying to open device /dev/pilot...
>   09:50:25 Cannot open Pilot port: [/dev/usbdev2.2_ep89].
>   [snip]
>
> This point is where it goes over my head so here I am asking for help. I
> don't know if I'm in the right place to ask, but any pointers you can
> provide will be appreciated. I will of course provide any relevant
> information I may have forgotten.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
> P.S. I can probably provide more Tungsten T and T2 for development if needed
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