Discussion:
[Fwd: RE: pyrapi2]
Philip Aston
2008-02-24 14:48:01 UTC
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Mark Ellis
2008-02-25 10:17:38 UTC
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Subject: RE: pyrapi2
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:46:39 +0000
Clean install Debian Lenny is up & running on another box; due to lack
of hd space I have gnome and not kdesktop there. synCE software
installed from apt without difficulty, and I haven't changed
sources.list.
So what versions of synce software are you now using ?
I'm able to connect with raki from terminal & synce-serial-start from
root terminal, and am back to "no synchronizer found for..." I think
appointment is the important one but would like to do contacts if poss.
What dccm are you using ? Does pstatus work ?

Does the message "no synchronizer found for..." come from raki ? Raki
hasn't been maintained for some time.
Ksync gets all sorts of errors, multisync doesn't do anthing as a sync
between winCE device and Ximian Evolution plugin- altho I suspect it
isn't actually finding my device at all. I'll probably leave this method
alone
Back to the does pstatus work question.

Ksync I have no idea about. Which multisync are you trying to use, the
old 0.82 or the new 0.90 ? 0.90 uses opensync and sync-engine, and does
not yet work with WM2003. 0.82 will work, you need the
synce-multisync-plugin. Please confirm your connection works first.
As I now have a "clean" system to work with, what would be the best
place to start looking for the missing synchronizers? -Phil
Thanks Mark, I suspect I'll wait until a clean install rather than manually
delete files and risk making more spectacular errors (and there have been
many during my Linux adventures!). I have actually started by removing all
the apt packages, commenting out the ""sid" lines in sources.list, apt-get
update then reinstalling from my usual sources.list (started out as Debian
etch but since updated to lenny)- that's why I say I have Debian Lenny with
several "unstable" packages where these are required eg for Sony Ericsson
phones.
Cool, sometimes it's easier to start from scratch when you have a lot of
source builds hanging around. It's for this reason I originally learnt
how to build debs, so the package manager always new what was what, but
that's another story...
I was then able to start Raki and connect with synce-serial-start. Configure
option within raki returned "no synchronizer installed".
Only "unstable" has syncekonnector- so I uncommented sid again to get it.
After installation, I came back to "wrong library type"- so, unless
syncekonnector is itself confused by conflicting library files, it may be
that the problem is not caused by svn or other source-built packages, but by
a dependency within syncekonnector. At this point most of the apps are from
testing but that is, as you say, easily overcome.
I dont know anything about syncekonnector, so cant really comment, but I
don't think its been maintained for some time.
This may be an oversimplification but I would guess that library sharing
within apt is unlikely to produce conflicts, and that, if a source-built
package has replaced a library file or changed a path, reinstallation from
apt (which is operated as root) should change it back again.
Not sure what you mean by library sharing exactly, but yes, reinstalling
a package with apt will replace anything that has been overwritten.
As it happens I am also working on a self-build with a "pure" Debian Lenny
system from the testing iso rather than etch + update. I'll see what happens
to my ipaq, and report back- then I could temporarily add "unstable" to
sources.list to get the raki, rapi, and synce packages if necessary. What do
you think?-Phil
Debian tends to be very good with upgrades, so straight lenny will
probably not differ much from etch + lenny update.
If you want to pick certain packages from unstable or experimental, the
best way is to keep those extries in sources.list, and add the following
to /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 300
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 100
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1
In short, testing is given the highest importance (Pin-Priority),
followed by stable, unstable and experimental, and apt will always try
to use packages from preferred suites. Since it knows about unstable
packages though, it's easy to force it to install a higher version for a
particular package.
This is particularly useful now Jonny has got 0.11 libsynce*, librapi*
and librra* into unstable.
Mark
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Philip Aston
2008-02-26 00:24:08 UTC
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Post by Mark Ellis
email message attachment, "Forwarded message - RE: pyrapi2"
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: RE: pyrapi2
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:46:39 +0000
Clean install Debian Lenny is up & running on another box; due to lack
of hd space I have gnome and not kdesktop there. synCE software
installed from apt without difficulty, and I haven't changed
sources.list.
So what versions of synce software are you now using ?
Full list installed from apt, including dependencies:
agsynce

librapi2

libsynce0

libmultisync-plugin-all (these files are 0.82.8)

bluez-audio

bluez-utils

libcurl3

libmultisync-plugin-backup

libmultisync-plugin evolution

libmultisync-plugin irmc

libmultisync-plugin irmc-bluetooth

libmultisync-plugin opie

libopenobex1

libssh 2-1

multisync 0.82.8

opensync-plugin-evolution 0.19.1+b1

libopensync0

syncw-dccm 0.9.1-3

libraoi2-tools

libsamplerate0

libsox-fmt-alsa

libsox-fmt-base

libsox0

sox

synce-kde 0.9.1.1

libdynamite0

libmimedir0

liborange0

librra0

libunshield0

synce-kde-dev 0.9.1.1 (note: includes RAPIP RAKI VDCCM)

synce-multisync-plugin 0.9.0.4

synce-serial 0.9.1.3.1

libcap 0.8

ppp

dhcp3-client
Post by Mark Ellis
I'm able to connect with raki from terminal & synce-serial-start from
root terminal, and am back to "no synchronizer found for..." I think
appointment is the important one but would like to do contacts if poss.
What dccm are you using ? Does pstatus work ?
I can't locate pstatus in apt & it doesn't work as command, user or
root, there is no man pstatus on my system.
Post by Mark Ellis
Does the message "no synchronizer found for..." come from raki ? Raki
hasn't been maintained for some time.
Yes. Actually I have only ever been able to connect using RAKI. I start
it first from menu, then synce-serial-start from terminal.
What daemon should I be using? I see dccm, vdccm, odccm referred to.
Should I start one of these from terminal?
Post by Mark Ellis
Ksync gets all sorts of errors, multisync doesn't do anthing as a sync
between winCE device and Ximian Evolution plugin- altho I suspect it
isn't actually finding my device at all. I'll probably leave this method
alone
Back to the does pstatus work question.
Ksync I have no idea about. Which multisync are you trying to use, the
old 0.82 or the new 0.90 ? 0.90 uses opensync and sync-engine, and does
not yet work with WM2003. 0.82 will work, you need the
synce-multisync-plugin. Please confirm your connection works first.
I clearly need to go back to the beginning. I have installed the above
list & not messed with anything else. As I haven't installed RAKI what
should I use to connect?

Mark, thanks for your patience. If you think I need to read something
please let me know... just that info on WinCE is a bit specialized and
hides in odd threads & postings. Eg I probably should have known that
the svn packages weren't for WinCE 03 devices but just never found that
essential detail even after much searching. Perhaps at the end of all
this I'll write a HOWTO! -Phil
Post by Mark Ellis
As I now have a "clean" system to work with, what would be the best
place to start looking for the missing synchronizers? -Phil
Thanks Mark, I suspect I'll wait until a clean install rather than manually
delete files and risk making more spectacular errors (and there have been
many during my Linux adventures!). I have actually started by removing all
the apt packages, commenting out the ""sid" lines in sources.list, apt-get
update then reinstalling from my usual sources.list (started out as Debian
etch but since updated to lenny)- that's why I say I have Debian Lenny with
several "unstable" packages where these are required eg for Sony Ericsson
phones.
Cool, sometimes it's easier to start from scratch when you have a lot of
source builds hanging around. It's for this reason I originally learnt
how to build debs, so the package manager always new what was what, but
that's another story...
I was then able to start Raki and connect with synce-serial-start. Configure
option within raki returned "no synchronizer installed".
Only "unstable" has syncekonnector- so I uncommented sid again to get it.
After installation, I came back to "wrong library type"- so, unless
syncekonnector is itself confused by conflicting library files, it may be
that the problem is not caused by svn or other source-built packages, but by
a dependency within syncekonnector. At this point most of the apps are from
testing but that is, as you say, easily overcome.
I dont know anything about syncekonnector, so cant really comment, but I
don't think its been maintained for some time.
This may be an oversimplification but I would guess that library sharing
within apt is unlikely to produce conflicts, and that, if a source-built
package has replaced a library file or changed a path, reinstallation from
apt (which is operated as root) should change it back again.
Not sure what you mean by library sharing exactly, but yes, reinstalling
a package with apt will replace anything that has been overwritten.
As it happens I am also working on a self-build with a "pure" Debian Lenny
system from the testing iso rather than etch + update. I'll see what happens
to my ipaq, and report back- then I could temporarily add "unstable" to
sources.list to get the raki, rapi, and synce packages if necessary. What do
you think?-Phil
Debian tends to be very good with upgrades, so straight lenny will
probably not differ much from etch + lenny update.
If you want to pick certain packages from unstable or experimental, the
best way is to keep those extries in sources.list, and add the following
to /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 300
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 100
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1
In short, testing is given the highest importance (Pin-Priority),
followed by stable, unstable and experimental, and apt will always try
to use packages from preferred suites. Since it knows about unstable
packages though, it's easy to force it to install a higher version for a
particular package.
This is particularly useful now Jonny has got 0.11 libsynce*, librapi*
and librra* into unstable.
Mark
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Mark Ellis
2008-02-26 09:16:04 UTC
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Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
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Subject: RE: pyrapi2
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:46:39 +0000
Clean install Debian Lenny is up & running on another box; due to lack
of hd space I have gnome and not kdesktop there. synCE software
installed from apt without difficulty, and I haven't changed
sources.list.
So what versions of synce software are you now using ?
agsynce
librapi2
libsynce0
libmultisync-plugin-all (these files are 0.82.8)
bluez-audio
bluez-utils
libcurl3
libmultisync-plugin-backup
libmultisync-plugin evolution
libmultisync-plugin irmc
libmultisync-plugin irmc-bluetooth
libmultisync-plugin opie
libopenobex1
libssh 2-1
multisync 0.82.8
opensync-plugin-evolution 0.19.1+b1
libopensync0
syncw-dccm 0.9.1-3
Remove synce-dccm, it's obsolete.
Post by Philip Aston
libraoi2-tools
libsamplerate0
libsox-fmt-alsa
libsox-fmt-base
libsox0
sox
synce-kde 0.9.1.1
libdynamite0
libmimedir0
liborange0
librra0
libunshield0
synce-kde-dev 0.9.1.1 (note: includes RAPIP RAKI VDCCM)
synce-multisync-plugin 0.9.0.4
synce-serial 0.9.1.3.1
libcap 0.8
ppp
dhcp3-client
Ok, I'm going to assume these all come from debian lenny, and you have
no extra repositories listed. Tell me if I'm wrong.

These packages are very old, but they will suffice depending on what you
want to do.
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
I'm able to connect with raki from terminal & synce-serial-start from
root terminal, and am back to "no synchronizer found for..." I think
appointment is the important one but would like to do contacts if poss.
What dccm are you using ? Does pstatus work ?
I can't locate pstatus in apt & it doesn't work as command, user or
root, there is no man pstatus on my system.
The old debian packages prefixed everything synce-, so it would be
synce-pstatus.
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
Does the message "no synchronizer found for..." come from raki ? Raki
hasn't been maintained for some time.
Yes. Actually I have only ever been able to connect using RAKI. I start
it first from menu, then synce-serial-start from terminal.
What daemon should I be using? I see dccm, vdccm, odccm referred to.
Should I start one of these from terminal?
Post by Mark Ellis
Ksync gets all sorts of errors, multisync doesn't do anthing as a sync
between winCE device and Ximian Evolution plugin- altho I suspect it
isn't actually finding my device at all. I'll probably leave this method
alone
Back to the does pstatus work question.
Ksync I have no idea about. Which multisync are you trying to use, the
old 0.82 or the new 0.90 ? 0.90 uses opensync and sync-engine, and does
not yet work with WM2003. 0.82 will work, you need the
synce-multisync-plugin. Please confirm your connection works first.
I clearly need to go back to the beginning. I have installed the above
list & not messed with anything else. As I haven't installed RAKI what
should I use to connect?
Mark, thanks for your patience. If you think I need to read something
please let me know... just that info on WinCE is a bit specialized and
hides in odd threads & postings. Eg I probably should have known that
the svn packages weren't for WinCE 03 devices but just never found that
essential detail even after much searching. Perhaps at the end of all
this I'll write a HOWTO! -Phil
I think you just jumped in to the middle a bit, we'll get there in the
end. For instance, everything in svn works fine with 2003 devices,
except sync-engine.

I think we need to establish exactly what you want to accomplish before
we go any further. I guess you want to sync your PIM items, with what
software on the host ? Evolution ?

Mark
Philip Aston
2008-02-27 08:47:10 UTC
Permalink
Post by Mark Ellis
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
email message attachment, "Forwarded message - RE: pyrapi2"
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: RE: pyrapi2
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:46:39 +0000
Clean install Debian Lenny is up & running on another box; due to lack
of hd space I have gnome and not kdesktop there. synCE software
installed from apt without difficulty, and I haven't changed
sources.list.
So what versions of synce software are you now using ?
agsynce
librapi2
libsynce0
libmultisync-plugin-all (these files are 0.82.8)
bluez-audio
bluez-utils
libcurl3
libmultisync-plugin-backup
libmultisync-plugin evolution
libmultisync-plugin irmc
libmultisync-plugin irmc-bluetooth
libmultisync-plugin opie
libopenobex1
libssh 2-1
multisync 0.82.8
opensync-plugin-evolution 0.19.1+b1
libopensync0
syncw-dccm 0.9.1-3
Remove synce-dccm, it's obsolete.
done
Post by Mark Ellis
Post by Philip Aston
libraoi2-tools
libsamplerate0
libsox-fmt-alsa
libsox-fmt-base
libsox0
sox
synce-kde 0.9.1.1
libdynamite0
libmimedir0
liborange0
librra0
libunshield0
synce-kde-dev 0.9.1.1 (note: includes RAPIP RAKI VDCCM)
synce-multisync-plugin 0.9.0.4
synce-serial 0.9.1.3.1
libcap 0.8
ppp
dhcp3-client
Ok, I'm going to assume these all come from debian lenny, and you have
no extra repositories listed. Tell me if I'm wrong.
That's correct.
Post by Mark Ellis
These packages are very old, but they will suffice depending on what you
want to do.
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
I'm able to connect with raki from terminal & synce-serial-start from
root terminal, and am back to "no synchronizer found for..." I think
appointment is the important one but would like to do contacts if poss.
What dccm are you using ? Does pstatus work ?
I can't locate pstatus in apt & it doesn't work as command, user or
root, there is no man pstatus on my system.
The old debian packages prefixed everything synce-, so it would be
synce-pstatus.
Still unable to locate... I used the search on synaptic so anything with
pstatus would come up anyway. Is it available on the sid repository?
Post by Mark Ellis
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
Does the message "no synchronizer found for..." come from raki ? Raki
hasn't been maintained for some time.
Yes. Actually I have only ever been able to connect using RAKI. I start
it first from menu, then synce-serial-start from terminal.
What daemon should I be using? I see dccm, vdccm, odccm referred to.
Should I start one of these from terminal?
Post by Mark Ellis
Ksync gets all sorts of errors, multisync doesn't do anthing as a sync
between winCE device and Ximian Evolution plugin- altho I suspect it
isn't actually finding my device at all. I'll probably leave this method
alone
Back to the does pstatus work question.
Ksync I have no idea about. Which multisync are you trying to use, the
old 0.82 or the new 0.90 ? 0.90 uses opensync and sync-engine, and does
not yet work with WM2003. 0.82 will work, you need the
synce-multisync-plugin. Please confirm your connection works first.
I clearly need to go back to the beginning. I have installed the above
list & not messed with anything else. As I haven't installed RAKI what
should I use to connect?
Mark, thanks for your patience. If you think I need to read something
please let me know... just that info on WinCE is a bit specialized and
hides in odd threads & postings. Eg I probably should have known that
the svn packages weren't for WinCE 03 devices but just never found that
essential detail even after much searching. Perhaps at the end of all
this I'll write a HOWTO! -Phil
I think you just jumped in to the middle a bit, we'll get there in the
end. For instance, everything in svn works fine with 2003 devices,
except sync-engine.
I think we need to establish exactly what you want to accomplish before
we go any further. I guess you want to sync your PIM items, with what
software on the host ? Evolution ?
Yes, only evolution: contacts,calendar, possibly todo list although not
essential. I seldom use it now but have vista as dual boot on this (new)
box so could use activesync + outlook if I have to, also I have paired
with a work computer to keep a backup, but all other boxes I work with
are linux only. File transfer is helpful but I generally use sd card for
that.

Once again, thanks. I'll be experimenting with the clean install
system,as described above, not this one, so any mistakes even to the
extent of needing another clean install won't be costly. It's a 1998
AMD266 motherboard with 192k ram, lots of salvaged hardware, works well.

-Phil
Post by Mark Ellis
Mark
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2008-02-27 09:14:44 UTC
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Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
So what versions of synce software are you now using ?
agsynce
librapi2
libsynce0
libmultisync-plugin-all (these files are 0.82.8)
bluez-audio
bluez-utils
libcurl3
libmultisync-plugin-backup
libmultisync-plugin evolution
libmultisync-plugin irmc
libmultisync-plugin irmc-bluetooth
libmultisync-plugin opie
libopenobex1
libssh 2-1
multisync 0.82.8
opensync-plugin-evolution 0.19.1+b1
libopensync0
syncw-dccm 0.9.1-3
Remove synce-dccm, it's obsolete.
done
Post by Mark Ellis
Post by Philip Aston
libraoi2-tools
libsamplerate0
libsox-fmt-alsa
libsox-fmt-base
libsox0
sox
synce-kde 0.9.1.1
libdynamite0
libmimedir0
liborange0
librra0
libunshield0
synce-kde-dev 0.9.1.1 (note: includes RAPIP RAKI VDCCM)
synce-multisync-plugin 0.9.0.4
synce-serial 0.9.1.3.1
libcap 0.8
ppp
dhcp3-client
Ok, I'm going to assume these all come from debian lenny, and you have
no extra repositories listed. Tell me if I'm wrong.
That's correct.
Post by Mark Ellis
These packages are very old, but they will suffice depending on what you
want to do.
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
I'm able to connect with raki from terminal & synce-serial-start from
root terminal, and am back to "no synchronizer found for..." I think
appointment is the important one but would like to do contacts if poss.
What dccm are you using ? Does pstatus work ?
I can't locate pstatus in apt & it doesn't work as command, user or
root, there is no man pstatus on my system.
The old debian packages prefixed everything synce-, so it would be
synce-pstatus.
Still unable to locate... I used the search on synaptic so anything with
pstatus would come up anyway. Is it available on the sid repository?
It's in the librapi2-tools package.

http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages is better than the local package
search.
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
Post by Philip Aston
Post by Mark Ellis
Does the message "no synchronizer found for..." come from raki ? Raki
hasn't been maintained for some time.
Yes. Actually I have only ever been able to connect using RAKI. I start
it first from menu, then synce-serial-start from terminal.
What daemon should I be using? I see dccm, vdccm, odccm referred to.
Should I start one of these from terminal?
Post by Mark Ellis
Ksync gets all sorts of errors, multisync doesn't do anthing as a sync
between winCE device and Ximian Evolution plugin- altho I suspect it
isn't actually finding my device at all. I'll probably leave this method
alone
Back to the does pstatus work question.
Ksync I have no idea about. Which multisync are you trying to use, the
old 0.82 or the new 0.90 ? 0.90 uses opensync and sync-engine, and does
not yet work with WM2003. 0.82 will work, you need the
synce-multisync-plugin. Please confirm your connection works first.
I clearly need to go back to the beginning. I have installed the above
list & not messed with anything else. As I haven't installed RAKI what
should I use to connect?
Mark, thanks for your patience. If you think I need to read something
please let me know... just that info on WinCE is a bit specialized and
hides in odd threads & postings. Eg I probably should have known that
the svn packages weren't for WinCE 03 devices but just never found that
essential detail even after much searching. Perhaps at the end of all
this I'll write a HOWTO! -Phil
I think you just jumped in to the middle a bit, we'll get there in the
end. For instance, everything in svn works fine with 2003 devices,
except sync-engine.
I think we need to establish exactly what you want to accomplish before
we go any further. I guess you want to sync your PIM items, with what
software on the host ? Evolution ?
Yes, only evolution: contacts,calendar, possibly todo list although not
essential. I seldom use it now but have vista as dual boot on this (new)
box so could use activesync + outlook if I have to, also I have paired
with a work computer to keep a backup, but all other boxes I work with
are linux only. File transfer is helpful but I generally use sd card for
that.
Once again, thanks. I'll be experimenting with the clean install
system,as described above, not this one, so any mistakes even to the
extent of needing another clean install won't be costly. It's a 1998
AMD266 motherboard with 192k ram, lots of salvaged hardware, works well.
Ok, you can either stick with the versions you have, which will probably
work but are quite old, or Jonny has got nearly everything up to date in
sid (yay Jonny !). Refer back to my older mail about pinning if you want
to get certain things from sid.

You need a dccm, either the vdccm you have from synce-kde, or odccm from
sid. You also need synce-serial. Run synce-serial-config first. Start
whichever dccm you want to use, vdccm has to run as your user, odccm has
to run as root. Actually if you've got odccm from sid it has a
bootscript and will already be running. Then run synce-serial-start. If
all goes well this gives you a connection.

The reason raki worked was that it runs vdccm for you.

Try pstatus or pls from librapi2-tools, if you're using the old versions
they may be prefixed synce-

If this works you have a connection. You cant get further unless this
works.

To sync you need multisync 0.82, and synce-multisync-plugin, with
libmultisync-plugin-evolution and librra0-tools. I havent done this for
a while, but I think you first need to run synce-matchmaker create, then
fire up multisync and create a new sync partnership.

Mark
philip aston
2008-02-28 00:23:35 UTC
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Thanks for all the advice, I'm going to take a while & play with the
suggestions when time. I can't locate an apt/preferences file to insert
the code re "pin" but don't mind uncommenting the "sid" line in
sources.list for the odd package. Also I'm assuming now that I'll be
working in terminal, i.e I'll need to check out man pages for the
packages you suggest, & I'm still don't really know how to run pstatus
(as you say, I do have librapi. I'll have a good try & post again in a
little while if stuck or if I get a result-Phil
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So what versions of synce software are you now using ?
agsynce
librapi2
libsynce0
libmultisync-plugin-all (these files are 0.82.8)
bluez-audio
bluez-utils
libcurl3
libmultisync-plugin-backup
libmultisync-plugin evolution
libmultisync-plugin irmc
libmultisync-plugin irmc-bluetooth
libmultisync-plugin opie
libopenobex1
libssh 2-1
multisync 0.82.8
opensync-plugin-evolution 0.19.1+b1
libopensync0
syncw-dccm 0.9.1-3
Remove synce-dccm, it's obsolete.
done
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libraoi2-tools
libsamplerate0
libsox-fmt-alsa
libsox-fmt-base
libsox0
sox
synce-kde 0.9.1.1
libdynamite0
libmimedir0
liborange0
librra0
libunshield0
synce-kde-dev 0.9.1.1 (note: includes RAPIP RAKI VDCCM)
synce-multisync-plugin 0.9.0.4
synce-serial 0.9.1.3.1
libcap 0.8
ppp
dhcp3-client
Ok, I'm going to assume these all come from debian lenny, and you have
no extra repositories listed. Tell me if I'm wrong.
That's correct.
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These packages are very old, but they will suffice depending on what you
want to do.
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I'm able to connect with raki from terminal & synce-serial-start from
root terminal, and am back to "no synchronizer found for..." I think
appointment is the important one but would like to do contacts if poss.
What dccm are you using ? Does pstatus work ?
I can't locate pstatus in apt & it doesn't work as command, user or
root, there is no man pstatus on my system.
The old debian packages prefixed everything synce-, so it would be
synce-pstatus.
Still unable to locate... I used the search on synaptic so anything with
pstatus would come up anyway. Is it available on the sid repository?
It's in the librapi2-tools package.
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages is better than the local package
search.
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Does the message "no synchronizer found for..." come from raki ? Raki
hasn't been maintained for some time.
Yes. Actually I have only ever been able to connect using RAKI. I start
it first from menu, then synce-serial-start from terminal.
What daemon should I be using? I see dccm, vdccm, odccm referred to.
Should I start one of these from terminal?
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Ksync gets all sorts of errors, multisync doesn't do anthing as a sync
between winCE device and Ximian Evolution plugin- altho I suspect it
isn't actually finding my device at all. I'll probably leave this method
alone
Back to the does pstatus work question.
Ksync I have no idea about. Which multisync are you trying to use, the
old 0.82 or the new 0.90 ? 0.90 uses opensync and sync-engine, and does
not yet work with WM2003. 0.82 will work, you need the
synce-multisync-plugin. Please confirm your connection works first.
I clearly need to go back to the beginning. I have installed the above
list & not messed with anything else. As I haven't installed RAKI what
should I use to connect?
Mark, thanks for your patience. If you think I need to read something
please let me know... just that info on WinCE is a bit specialized and
hides in odd threads & postings. Eg I probably should have known that
the svn packages weren't for WinCE 03 devices but just never found that
essential detail even after much searching. Perhaps at the end of all
this I'll write a HOWTO! -Phil
I think you just jumped in to the middle a bit, we'll get there in the
end. For instance, everything in svn works fine with 2003 devices,
except sync-engine.
I think we need to establish exactly what you want to accomplish before
we go any further. I guess you want to sync your PIM items, with what
software on the host ? Evolution ?
Yes, only evolution: contacts,calendar, possibly todo list although not
essential. I seldom use it now but have vista as dual boot on this (new)
box so could use activesync + outlook if I have to, also I have paired
with a work computer to keep a backup, but all other boxes I work with
are linux only. File transfer is helpful but I generally use sd card for
that.
Once again, thanks. I'll be experimenting with the clean install
system,as described above, not this one, so any mistakes even to the
extent of needing another clean install won't be costly. It's a 1998
AMD266 motherboard with 192k ram, lots of salvaged hardware, works well.
Ok, you can either stick with the versions you have, which will probably
work but are quite old, or Jonny has got nearly everything up to date in
sid (yay Jonny !). Refer back to my older mail about pinning if you want
to get certain things from sid.
You need a dccm, either the vdccm you have from synce-kde, or odccm from
sid. You also need synce-serial. Run synce-serial-config first. Start
whichever dccm you want to use, vdccm has to run as your user, odccm has
to run as root. Actually if you've got odccm from sid it has a
bootscript and will already be running. Then run synce-serial-start. If
all goes well this gives you a connection.
The reason raki worked was that it runs vdccm for you.
Try pstatus or pls from librapi2-tools, if you're using the old versions
they may be prefixed synce-
If this works you have a connection. You cant get further unless this
works.
To sync you need multisync 0.82, and synce-multisync-plugin, with
libmultisync-plugin-evolution and librra0-tools. I havent done this for
a while, but I think you first need to run synce-matchmaker create, then
fire up multisync and create a new sync partnership.
Mark
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