EDIT: This howto is rather old and is no longer being actively supported. The information here may still work...it did for me on every release except 6.04. You are still welcome to post questions in the thread and I and others will probably read them, but I can't promise there will be any good answers forthcoming. I recommend looking at the wiki for the latest: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CategoryPDA . /EDIT
I am submitting this for testing by the Palm PDA-using community. I have only tested this with my computer and palm, so this should not be considered definitive yet until others post with their equipment and results.
For the record, here's my setup:
Laptop running Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger"
Palm m130 using PalmOSv4.1
Syncronization is being accomplished using a USB cradle or cable
I am synchronizing my calendar, datebook, contacts with Evolution
1 - Plug the usb cable into the usb port on your computer.
2 - Put your Palm in the cradle or plug in the cable.
3 - Go to System->Preferences->Palm OS Devices
4 - In the Pilot Settings pop-up select the Devices tab and click Add.
5 - In the Device Settings pop-up enter info as follows:
Name: Cradle
Port: /dev/ttyUSB0 <--*see bottom
Speed: 57600
Timeout: 2
Type: USB
Click OK and then click Add again and enter:
Name: Cradle1
Port: /dev/ttyUSB1 <--*see bottom
Speed: 57600
Timeout: 2
Type: USB
6 - Now, back in the Pilot Settings window select Pilots and click Add
7 - Once the new pop-up appears, press Synchronize on your PalmPDA
While it is searching, select "Get from pilot" in the pop-up window just mentioned. Your computer should synchronize and get a Name, ID and username from your PDA. Now your device officially exists in the gpilot database on your computer.
8 - Close the most recent pop-up. You should still have the main Pilot Settings window open. Click the Conduits tab to decide what you want to synchronize and so on...this is essentially the same as what you may have used on other OS's.
Finally: Every time you want to sync, make sure gpilot is running and then hit the sync button on your PDA.
Note: I have not tried yet to install software, etc on my Palm from Ubuntu.
My current Conduits settings look like this:
Backup-enabled (E) [makes a folder in my /home]
EAddress-synchronize (S)
ECalendar-S
Expense-disabled (D)
File-E
MAL-D
MemoFile-S [makes a folder in my /home]
Sendmail-D
Test-D
Time-E
*this is important! /dev/pilot never worked for me even though it is the default. I ranwhile the PDA was plugged in and sync was initiated from the PDA to discover which address to use here.Code:ls /dev/ttyUSB*
Please post your thoughts, experiences, questions and comments. This has only been tested so far by me with the equipment listed above. I would love to see a list develop of what works/what doesn't for those who want to use these devices.
EDIT: If you are reading this you might want to take a look at these two wiki pages before you do anything.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PDADeviceList
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyPalmDeviceSetup **I haven't tried this since my palm is working, but it might save you some time.
EDIT#2: Someone in this thread found this link helpful. Looks good. http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/PalmOS-HOWTO.html
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