[ltp] thinkpad 600x irda / palm 3 / mandrake 10

[David Smith]

gad, eventhough it was in the subject line, i forgot to mention i want to
synv via irda. i dont have a usb sync cable and the serial base is not
convenient to schlep around with the laptop.

i have not read the visor howto, ill check it out.
-- dave

  /"\
  \ /  ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN  CAMPAŅA DE MOŅO ASCII
   X   AGAINST HTML MAIL      CONTRA CORREO DE HTML
  / \

Bret Comstock Waldow said:
> I don't use mandrake, I have a T21, and I have a Clie.  But I have it
> working.
>
> You didn't mention what you have, or what you have tried.  Does the 600
> have USB?
>
> I have a combo USB/Serial sync cable.  I can use USB alone to sync with
> Evolution or JPilot.  I can sync via the serial connection with my
> venerable copy of VMware Express (running Windows 98 within it - Express
> came out before support for USB ports in virtual machines).
>
> The Clie (and an earlier Visor) uses ttyUSB0 & ttyUSB1, but syncs on
> ttyUSB1 - that's what to set for USB.  For serial, set whatever serial
> port you are connecting the cable on.
>
> So what do you do, and what happens, and what doesn't happen?  Have you
> read the Visor HowTo?
> http://www.linuxpda.com/visor/howto/current/index.html
> http://usbvisor.sourceforge.net/index.php3
>
>
> Bret
>
> On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 12:37, David Smith wrote:
>> Hi, running mandrake 10, with a thinkpad 600x and have a palm 3 palm
>> pilot.
>>
>> I'd like to be able to sync it to gnome-pilot but can't seem to get the
>> palm pilot to talk to the laptop or vice versa.
>>
>> i've already googled this many times and tried many options, im
>> wondering
>> if anyone already has this working and set up and can tell me what the
>> process is? thanks!
>>
>>
>> -- dave
>>
>>   /"\
>>   \ /  ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN  CAMPAŅA DE MOŅO ASCII
>>    X   AGAINST HTML MAIL      CONTRA CORREO DE HTML
>>   / \
>>
>
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