Re: Palm TX Handheld and Debian
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:13:47 -0500
"Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Yes, I have been able to backup my Palm TX PDA with kpilot (for Sarge) a
> couple of times, but kpilot is not very good software. Most of the time,
> it can't get a connection to the handheld, and kpilot crashes when it
> backs up some databases.
>
> In addition, my attempt to restore by PDA from the backup on the PC
> failed miserably with kpilot entering an infinite loop and failing to do
> anything.
>
> You might have better success with gnome-pilot, but I haven't tried that
> one. I'm strongly tempted to end my boycott of Microsoft and just buy
> Windows XP before June--just so I can hotsync like a normal person. :-(
Have you tried jpilot? I've used it successfully (with Sid), although
not extensively, with a Palm Centro.
> Incidentally, I recently upgraded to Etch, and kpilot still has problems
> recognizing a connection.
Celejar
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