Re: [coldsync-hackers] Can't seem to get coldsync working as a localdaemon

[Chris Hirsch <chris at base2technology dot com>]

Ok..to follow up my post I found the reason I wasn't getting debugging 
messages...DUH....so I' m now using -dsync:5  -dmisc:5 and I'm seeing

Known PDAs:

and its blank. Should the palms file be putting anything in there?

Chris

Chris Hirsch wrote:

> Hey all..I'm FINALLY getting around to getting local and network 
> syncing working. Unfortunatly I seem to be stuck :-) I'm running Red 
> Hat 8.0 with a USB m500. Works GREAT with just running coldsync from 
> the command line, but as soon as I try the -md command nothing seems 
> to work. I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1. What is the syntax of the /usr/local/etc/palms file? I read the 
> docs and I'm not *exactly* sure what is wanted. I'm trying
>
> etc/palms
> *|Chris||chris
>
> where Chris is my user name on my palm and chris is the unix user. Is 
> that correct?
>
> The symptoms I'm seeing are:
>
> [root@zed]# /usr/local/bin/coldsync -v -md -p /dev/ttyUSB1
> Warning: no device on /dev/ttyUSB1. Waiting...
> <USB driver comes up in linux>
> Please press the HotSync button.
>
> and thats it. It just sits there. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing 
> wrong? I'm also not seeing anything more verbose.
>
> The probem *I* think is happening is that its not seeing the palms 
> file or reading it correctly. But i can't exactly verify that because 
> I can't get any logs.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Chris
>

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