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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.
Programmi
gpilotd BR jpilotBR kpilotBR pilot-linkBR
Configurazione di un dispositivo Palm
Istruzioni
1. Eseguire in un Terminale, facendo clic su Applicazioni -> Accessori -> Terminale, il seguente comando:
gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules
oppure per Kubuntu:
sudo kate /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules
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3. Inserire la seguente linea nel file vuoto:
{{{
BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Palm Handheld*", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME{ignore_remove}="pilot", MODE="666"4. Salvare il file, chiudere Gedit o Kate e chiudere il Terminale.
5. Per le versioni Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), 8.04 (Hardy Heron) and 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) se il precedente sistema non funziona, aggiungere il modulo visor in etc/modules:
gksudo gedit /etc/modules
oppure
sudo kate /etc/modules
aggiungere alla fine
visor
e salvare il file. Riavviare il computer. È possibile anche caricare il modulo immediatamente, senza riavviare il computer:
sudo modprobe visor
Importante: prima avviare la sincronizzazione di Palm dopodiche jpilot.
Conclusioni
Qualsiasi applicazione per la sincronizzazione di dispositivi Palm cerca il file /dev/pilot, quindi questa semplice soluzione consentirà al dispositivo palm di essere plug-and-play.
Extra Information
Information for this article comes from http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html#example-pilot Writing UDEV Rules
Treo 755p su Hardy
Treo non viene riconosciuto automaticamente al collegamento del cavo USB, quindi è necessario eseguire da terminale:
lsusb
e quindi sarà possibile la sincronizzazione tramite gnome-pilot. È richiesto il caricamento del modulo visor all'avvio, ma non è necessaria alcuna modifica ai file di configurazione di Udev.
Palm Centro
Ubuntu 8.10 - Hardy Heron (amd64)
La sincronizzazione di Evolution con Palm Centro non presenta problemi seguendo i passi soprariportati.
Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope (amd64)
Usare usb: (libusb) al posto di /dev/pilot (modulo visor) per la sincronizzazione via USB.
Palm TX e Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope
Nel file /etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rules, aggiungere la seguente linea:
BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Handspring Visor*", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME{ignore_remove}="pilot", MODE="666"Palm TX identifica se stesso come "Handspring Visor", non con una stringa che inizia con "Palm"
Palm T5 e Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic Koala
- Ubuntu: 2.6.31-20-generic (Feb 8 09:05:19 UTC 2010)
- Palm OS: Garnet v.5.4.8
- J-pilot: 1.6.2.4
Purtroppo con questa combinazione, qualsiasi tentativo di syncronizzazione causerà problemi con il Palm.
Per aggirare il problema fare clic su File|Preferenze|Conduits disabilitare tutti conduits tranne memo. Ciò permetterà la sincronizzazione. Quindi abilitare uno o più conduits alla volta per trovare quello colpevole, oppure sino a che abbiate quelli necessari funzionanti.
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. BR - gpilot-applet: applet for the Gnome panel. Allow synchronizing from the Palm's hot sync button. BR - gpilotd-control-applet: GUI for setup the options. BR
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: BR 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. BR 2) Try each speed of connection. Adjust the value in both Ubuntu and the Palm. BR
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.
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 [http://www.nosleep.net/|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.
