Palm and Gnome: problem with gnome-pilot and how to view/edit memopad entries
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Palm and Gnome: problem with gnome-pilot and how to view/edit memopad entries
I'm running Gnome 2.4 as part of the Mandrake 9.2 distro. Gnome-pilot syncs calendar and todo beautifully with Evolution, but the memo conduit did not create memo_file in my home directory. That conduit is enabled. What should I check for to get this working?
(I use DateBk4 on the Palm, which integrates MemoPad into DateBk. I do not believe it supercedes the standard memopad database, though. So, there should be something there for gnome-pilot to sync...)
Also, when I get this sorted out, what can other Gnome users recommend as a good application on the desktop for working with the memopad entries? I used to do this a lot with JPilot and would like to continue to do so.
I am having the exact same problem with a Zire 71 and evolution. Everything syncs great with the exception of memo pad. It will create the folder as specified in the conduit settings but writes not files there.
Re: Palm and Gnome: problem with gnome-pilot and how to view/edit memopad entries
Try creating an empty .categories file in your memo directory (e.g., touch ~/memo_file/.categories), then resync. The memo_file conduit exits immediately if it fails to find this file.
Syncing with Evolution works great, but where do I go to read the Memo files? In the Pilot Settings dialog, under Conduits, there's no Memo conduit. In my directory for my Palm (/home/username/palmdevicename) the MemoDB.pdb file gets changed, so at least I know my memo entries are getting backed up. And when I press the sync button on the cradle, gpilotd appears as a process, and I think gpilotd knows what to do with memo entries. But where can I read them on my Fedora machine? And if I edit them there, do they get updated on the Palm at next sync?
I'm having the same problem using Evolution 1.4.6 under Tools---Pilot Settings---Conduits there is no listing for memopad. Is there anything else I can use to sync memos?
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