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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.

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