UPDATE: I finally discovered that USB syncing worked fine if instead of trying to use the /dev/pilot device I used usb: eg:
pilot-xfer -p usb: -l
I am running on openSUSE 10.2 with Kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP
I am trying to use pilot-xfer do back up the device with this command:
pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -b /home/leah/sync/700p2007-03-04/
It appears to hang waiting for the connection.
If I run with strace, it basically starts scrolling these messages after the hotsync button on the device is pressed:
select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "", 10) = 0 select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "", 10) = 0 select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "", 10) = 0 select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "", 10) = 0 select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "", 10) = 0
I built an RPM for the latest version of pilot-link tools (0.12.2) but saw no improvement in the behavior with that update.
Any ideas for what to try next?
Worked once but...
Hi,
I tried the above line (pilot-xfer -p /dev/pilot -b /home/leah/sync/700p2007-03-04/) last night, of course, minus the "leah" part! and my 700p actually appeared to sync. About an hour after the sync, I shutdown the computer and this morning, I couldn't find the sync directory, or any of the data it supposedly backed up.
I tried to re-sync the phone this morning, but nothing doing. Am I missing something, or did the backup sync I performed last night just disappear into thin air?
BTW, I'm using PCLinuxOS 2007.
thanks!
Hey, that's a great solution. I know I worked this out for my Treo and pilot-link as well as jpilot using one of the /dev/tty... solutions, or something, but when I reinstalled Kubuntu recently I couldn't remember how to get it to work. This solution with "usb:" not only works, there's no fuss, and it makes sense. Really, it's a USB connection -- this is how it should work anyway!