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Dispositivi portatili Palm OS

Questa pagina spiegherà come sincronizzare computer palmari Palm OS con Ubuntu.

Introduzione

Ci sono molti programmi che consentono la connessione di un dispositivo palmare con Linux. Questa guida coprirà i più diffusi programmi e metodi di connessione.

Outline

Lo scopo di questa guida è quello di coprire tutte le configurazioni standard in modo da consentirre il funzionamento di dispositivi Palm con Ubuntu.

Programmi

gpilotd BR jpilotBR kpilotBR pilot-linkBR

Notes for Releases

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty)
Using Breezy, Dapper, Edgy synchronizing was no problem at all, but with Feisty nothing worked. After digging through the forums I found that the needed module visor is not loaded automatically, and should be added to /etc/modules. Then to make /dev/pilot an existing device follow the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PalmDeviceSetup.
Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)
Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)
Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

Gnome-pilot

Gnome-pilot is the default Palm synchronization software of Gnome. It can be installed from the repositories, look for gnome-pilot and gnome-pilot-conduits.
Three programs (commands) are part of this:
- gpilotd: do the synchronization.
- gpilot-applet: applet for the Gnome panel. Allow synchronizing from the Palm's hot sync button.
- gpilotd-control-applet: GUI for setup the options.

The first step is to add the applet to the Gnome panel. To do this right click somewhere on a free space in the panel and choose Add to Panel, then under the Utilities category choose Pilot Applet. After installation the applet a new icon appear in the panel. This icon allow automatic synchronizing the Palm just by pressing the hotsync button in the Palm. And by doing a this icon the program Pilot Settings pop up. This applet is the equivalent to the Hotsync icon in Windows.

The second step is to configure the synchronization options. Open this by doing a click on the applet or by selecting System -> Preferences -> PalmOS Devices in the Ubuntu menu. A message appears “You seem to be running Gnome-Pilot for the first time ... “, press «Forward» and then choose your options.

The connection should work fine. If not try this:
1) Verify that the cable are well plugged, or the infrared is working in both devices. By the end of 2006 Bluetooth isn't supported yet as gnome-pilot does not include it.
2) Try each speed of connection. Adjust the value in both Ubuntu and the Palm.
3) Go to PalmSyncDapper.

Answer if the device was previously synchronized or not, then forward. Once identified the user press «forward». Fill in the boxes for the pilot name and local base dir. Pilot name is just a name for identify a device among others.

Final step is configure the conduits. Conduits are the instructions to synchronize an application in Gnome with an application in the Palm. Unfortunately, there is only a couple of conduits for Gnome-pilot. There are conduits for synchronize contacts, calendars, memos, and tasks between Evolution and the corresponding Palm applications (See further for details).

There is a useful conduit for backup your Palm programs and database. There is a bug in this conduit for Ubuntu versions prior to 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) that resets the Palm; to solve it:

sudo edit ~/.gnome2/gnome-pilot.d/backup-conduit

then add WiFiCoreLib to exclude_files as follows:
exclude_files=WiFiCoreLib
Other conduits are available but are not mention here.

Dapper and USB Sync

Getting USB sync working in Dapper can be difficult due to the way the kernel handles USB connections. See PalmSyncDapper for more information. It seems that it works better in Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), however sometimes it doesn't work consistently.

Evolution and Gnome-pilot

Here is an explanation of what modules work with Evolution and Gnome-pilot. Every module can by configured to import, export, o synchronize. Use System -> Preferences -> PalmOS Devices or click on the Gnome-pilot applet (See Gnome-pilot instructions).

- Mail: not available yet (January 2007). A workaround could be synchronize Evolution with your mail account in Ubuntu and synchronize the mail client of the palm in Windows. Another solution may be use a Yahoo! mail account in Ubuntu and synchronize the palm and Yahoo using Yahoo's Intellisync in Windows.

- Contacts: Works well, but be aware that some fields are not received by the Palm. For a clean synchronization delete AddressDB and ContactsDB-PAdd in your Palm (just in case do a previous backup), you can use FileZ for free to do this.

- Calendar: Works well.

- Memos: Works well.

- Tasks: Works well.

More help can be found at Evolution User guide in Evolution (Menu Help -> Contents or by pressing F1 in the keyboard). Go to Synchronizing Your Handheld Device. Skip Enabling Synchronization because this part was explained here with more detail (Gnome-pilot), and jump to Selecting Conduits.

If your device fails to sync with an error message relating to the 'visor' module, probably TREO models. At a command prompt, type "sudo modprobe visor", press «ENTER» and try again. If this works, you can permanently load the visor module at every startup by adding the line 'visor' at the end of the /etc/modules file. You could use "gksudo nautilus" from a command prompt to do this, then browse to the file in /etc/.

VMWare Workstation and Windows XP

You can run the Palm Desktop software under VMWare and use the Palm HotSync Manager. USB syncing can be elusive to get working. Under VMWare Workstation 5.5.4 you may have to add
usb.generic.skipSetConfig = "TRUE"
to your .vmx file. You may have to unload the visor kernal module prior to starting your vitual machine using, for example,
sudo modprobe -r visor
Under Ubuntu 7.04 (Fiesty Fawn), you may have to mount usbfs using, for example,
mount -t usbfs usbfs /proc/bus/usb
or by adding the line
/proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb/ usbfs none 0 0
to your /etc/fstab file.

Troubleshooting

To verify that the palm has been detected after plugged and turned on type in a terminal:
gedit /var/log/messages
and check the last lines.
To take a look of the running processes type:
ps -A
To kill a process type:
kill ###
where ### is the number of the process.
An alternative way to move/copy files into the Palm is to move/copy the files to a memory card (SD, MS, ...) first using a card reader and Nautilus, then insert the card in the palm's slot and transfer it using a program like Filez FileZ.
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