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plinej
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Jpilot-0.99.9

#1 Post by plinej »

Jpilot website:
http://www.jpilot.org/

I compiled this just over a year ago in Puppy 2.??
This is just updating the old dotpups with a new start script, desktop file, & icon and turning them into dotpets. I couldn't get the most recent pilot-link to compile correctly (can't get the shared libraries that Jpilot needs) but this package works fine in Puppy 4. The "jpilot-start" script that is called by the menu is thanks to Indy in this thread:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=14107

I've just revised it a bit to look like this:

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#!/bin/bash

if [ "`lsmod | grep usbserial`" = "" ]; then
modprobe usbserial
fi
if [ "`lsmod | grep visor`" = "" ]; then
modprobe visor
fi
if [ "`ls /dev/ttyUSB0 2>/dev/null`" = "" ]; then
mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0
fi
if [ "`ls /dev/ttyUSB1 2>/dev/null`" = "" ]; then
mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1
fi
chmod 0666 /dev/ttyUSB?
if ! [ -f /dev/pilot ]; then
ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot
fi
jpilot &
exit 0
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malderson
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It works!

#2 Post by malderson »

THANK YOU!

This is the FIRST time I have gotten my Palm to sync with Puppy! I've tried other PUP and PET packages, and they never worked, even after messing with modprobs, etc. This worked first time!

Using Puppy 3.01 Hard install and a Palm T3.
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Re: Jpilot-0.99.9

#3 Post by tempestuous »

malderson's success may be related to this part of plinej's start script -
plinej wrote:

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ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot
plinej, how did you know that a Palm device will appear at /dev/ttyUSB1 and not /dev/ttyUSB0?
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#4 Post by plinej »

I think it always does except for a Sony Clie. It seems like I read that somewhere. I've tried 3 different palm pilots and they were all ttyUSB1.
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#5 Post by Indy »

Actually, I have two Sony Clies (PEG-SJ20 and SJ30) and both happily connect via ttyUSB1.

Thanks for this stuff, plinej. Now I'm ready to try Puppy4 (my migration to the newer versions of Puppy always depends on whether or not I can connect to jpilot).

By the way, plinej, even your previous dotpup(s) lets me connect to jpilot under Puppy3 (actually, Muppy running, I think, 3.01).

Ah! That bleep of a successful connection = happy feet.
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#6 Post by plinej »

Maybe it was a different Palm pilot that shows up as 0 and not 1. That script was thanks to your previous work tracking all the necessary information down Indy, so the thanks certainly goes to you. I just tweaked your original script a bit.
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#7 Post by tempestuous »

Thanks Indy and plinej, I have added your information in the forum thread about my J-Pilot package here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=25604

My J-Pilot package has the latest pilot-link-0.12.3 library, with bluetooth support.
Indy, maybe you could test the synchronise function via bluetooth?
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#8 Post by Indy »

Sure, I'd like to help test synching via bluetooth. My old clunker of a PC doesn't have bluetooth but I just did a quick scan for the price of a USB bluetooth dongle... not bad. I'll get one soon.

And luckily, I have a Palm Tungsten T (comes with built-in bluetooth) floating around (my Sony CLIes don't do bluetooth - they only have infrared) so I already have half of what I need to do the testing.

I'll let you know how I go.
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jpilot 1.6

#9 Post by josh.viklef »

Jpilot 1.6 released
Does anybody pet package, please? ;)
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