Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.8.2 still doesn't sync with my Palm TX

[Thom DeCarlo <PixelPusher cox net>]

Alan,
I simply downloaded the two rpm's that Wendell built and installed them
over the existing binaries. No compiling was needed.

I don't have the link to the rpm's right now. But, a quick search of the
archives of the gnome-pilot.org email list should find them for you.

I've heard a couple other PIM's mentioned for linux, but haven't tried
to find any of them. I know that Thunderbird is available, but the
Mozilla calendar (Sunbird?) doesn't seem ready for prime-time, yet. 

Good luck!
Thom

On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 20:42 -0500, Alan D. Wilcox wrote:
> Thom,
> Well, this is surely encouraging! I'm not (yet) up to speed on all that 
> I need to know with Suse 10.2, and
> where to find things though.
> 1. Where do I get that new version? I found source for Evolution 2.8.2.1 
> on gnome.org (is that the version?), but not up to building it from 
> source yet.
> 2. What do I need to do to install it? I prefer KDE. Will that rpm 
> command mentioned downpost do the job?
> 3. Searching for the new version, came across mention of Red Carpet. Do 
> I need it? gnome page seems to say that it's with Suse Linux. I didn't 
> see it anywhere ...
>
> This PDA-sync issue is a bit of a show-stopper for me as I make the 
> transition to Linux. I use Outlook sync'ed with Palm constantly, and I'm 
> hoping that Evolution measures up. Is there anything else available 
> (free or not) that will work if Evolution doesn't?
>
> Many thanks!
> Alan
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> > Alan,
> > I got a message from Wendell MacKenzie with pointers to a patched
> > version of Evolution. After installing that version I was able to sync
> > properly. So far, everything is working!
> >
> > Thom
> >
> > (I've attached the conversation I had with Wendell.)
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-02-18 at 18:47 -0500, Alan D. Wilcox wrote:
> >   
> > > Thom,
> > > Did you ever get this resolved?
> > >
> > > See [Evolution] Sync with Palm TX not getting loaded into Contacts
> > > Sun, 2/18/07.
> > >
> > > Looks like the same situation ...
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 14:53 -0500, Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> > >  > Hi,
> > > snip
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what changed, but this is coming closer to working. Now
> > > when I start the network sync from the TX I get a gnome-pilot dialog box
> > > that shows the conduit progress. Unfortunately, it still ends with an
> > > "Unknown Conduit" and some binary gibberish in the name field.
> > >
> > > It does, however, create about the right amount of Contact entries in my
> > > address book. Unfortunately, they are all BLANK! Nothing gets put into
> > > the Calendar at all.
> > >
> > > Has anyone EVER gotten this thing to work?
> > >
> > > Thom
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >     
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Subject:
> > > Re: evolution-2.8.2.1 and evolution-pilot-2.8.2.1 rpms
> > > From:
> > > Thom DeCarlo <PixelPusher cox net>
> > > Date:
> > > Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:40:59 -0500
> > > To:
> > > Wendell MacKenzie <mackendw sympatico ca>
> > >
> > > To:
> > > Wendell MacKenzie <mackendw sympatico ca>
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 08:44 -0500, Wendell MacKenzie wrote:
> > >     
> > > > Thom DeCarlo wrote:
> > > >       
> > > > > On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 11:28 -0500, Wendell MacKenzie wrote:
> > > > >   
> > > > >         
> > > > > > Hi:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    I posted updates to the "stock" distribution for evolution over those
> > > > > > included within OpenSUSE 10.2 (which I run).
> > > > > > I use a Treo 650 and sync evolution calendar/contacts all the time. 
> > > > > > After upgrading from 10.1 -> 10.2 I had the
> > > > > > problems you had.  I had been running 10.1 with Garnome 2.16.2 which
> > > > > > worked fine for syncing to the palm.
> > > > > > The issue is the evo pkgs didn't include the conduits patches that the
> > > > > > garnomies included in their release.
> > > > > > I built a custom version of 2.8.2.1 which has those patches.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    Check out the gnome-pilot list for a link to where you can download
> > > > > > these rpms (you need both of them).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > hths,
> > > > > > Wendell MacKenzie
> > > > > >     
> > > > > >           
> > > > > Thanks! I will download and try them out. Should the OpenSUSE-supplied
> > > > > versions of these packages be uninstalled before installing yours?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thom
> > > > >                              
> > > > >
> > > > >   
> > > > >         
> > > > # rpm -Uvf evolution*.rpm
> > > >       
> > >
> > > Thanks! That worked great. I can finally sync my TX with Evolution. The
> > > next test is to sync the pda with both Evo at home and M$ Outlook at
> > > work. I'm sure that will kick off a whole new set of problems.
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > > Thom
> > >
> > >     
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