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Old 03-18-2014, 05:51 PM   #1
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jpilot z22 can't sync


Hello. I have a z22 palm pilot. I have synced it successfully before when I was using Vector 7.0. But, I now have a new computer, and set up Ubuntu on it. Jpilot will not sync on this computer.

z22 relies on usb to sync. Jpilot is set on "usb:" for sync port. Jpilot is version 1.8.1.2. Ubuntu is version 13.10.
 
Old 03-18-2014, 06:39 PM   #2
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More information:

From the command "sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog":

Code:
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.072030] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 30 using uhci_hcd
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.242109] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0830, idProduct=0061
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.242113] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.242116] usb 3-2: Product: Palm Handheld
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.242119] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Palm, Inc.
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.247107] visor 3-2:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.247188] usb 3-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 kernel: [ 6438.247259] usb 3-2: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 30: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2"
Mar 18 18:27:34 mark-OptiPlex-755 mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 30 was not an MTP device
So I set jpilot to work from ttyUSB1, and got the following result:

Code:
****************************************
 Syncing on device /dev/ttyUSB1
 Press the HotSync button now
****************************************
pi_bind error: /dev/ttyUSB1 Permission denied
Check your sync port and settings
Exiting with status SYNC_ERROR_BIND
Finished.
 
Old 03-18-2014, 11:32 PM   #3
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Well, I solved this. It was a permissions problem, so initially I synced it running jpilot with sudo. This however led to any records that had been changed being given root ownership, and so I'd always have to operate it with sudo (if I didn't, then entire fields of data would not be visible). I discovered though that adding my user to the group "dialout" allowed me to be able to sync. So, any ownership of any databases that had been changed when I used sudo to sync it I changed back to my regular user, which due to now belonging to the dialout group can now sync.
 
  


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