Pocket PC Syncing with Evolution in Ubuntu

Does this work with Pocket PC 2005 devices?

Hi, 2 quick questions.

Does anyone know if synce-0.10.0 has been put into a package yet?
and does 0.10.0 work with device that have the

D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(unk. ) Sub=01 Prot=01 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1


Line in there device info?

These devices have never worked with Synce.
Regards

I have a strange problem – everything works fine but only once for synchronization pair. Second time multisync returns: Failed to get first plugin change: Unknown error.

First plugin is Ximian. Do you have any suggestions?

I’ve tried this method and when I get to this step
“sudo synce-serial-config ttyUSB0”

I get an error that the port is not there. It tells me to check the config help file, and when I do it says that I need toi configure Synce with either a Serial port or an infrared port. Any help?

If you don’t have empty partner slots use this command ‘synce-matchmaker replace INDEX’.

Note the replace command instead of create.

Good luck.

I is somewhat working for me (Hardy + Qtek Pocket PC 2003). But:
* Only one synchronization possible (Failed to get first plugin change: Unknown error.): Work around delete the pair and recreate it at each connection.
* The tasks are dupplicating themselves at each synchronization.

Regards

I’m having a weird problem. For everything that I try to do it tells me “unable to resolve host Crasher” which is the name of my laptop. Pretty much at every step of the process…

Here’s a copy of my terminal window so that you can see and maybe help. Thanks.

omar@Crasher:~$ sudo synce-serial-config ttyUSB0
sudo: unable to resolve host Crasher

status Show partnership status for device
create Create partnership with device
replace Replace partnership on device
INDEX The partnership index (1 or 2)
omar@Crasher:~$ synce-matchmaker status INDEX 1
[synce_info_from_file:51] unable to open file: /home/omar/.synce/active_connection
[rapi_context_connect:100] Failed to get connection info
[main:62] Failed to initialize RAPI
omar@Crasher:~$ synce-matchmaker replace INDEX 1
[synce_info_from_file:51] unable to open file: /home/omar/.synce/active_connection
[rapi_context_connect:100] Failed to get connection info
[main:62] Failed to initialize RAPI

I work with ubuntu hardy.

I was with you all the way.

Right up till this line “Start the SynCE connection daemon by typing “dccm” in a shell”

Now i’ll happily admit to being completely computer illiterate, and please excuse my French, but, what the fu*k is a shell ???, where do i find one and how do i type anything into it ?

All i want is to not have to use that heap of junk that is M$ Outlook (after discovering it wanted to keep 75% of my emails a secret). And i thought connecting my ppc up to linux and thunderbird would be the best way to avoid using any M$ related products. But, all this sudo linux stuff is way way beyond me, why can’t it be easier to use ?

I’m using Linux Mint, and that has a software manager that automatically downloads and installs all this stuff for you, which i’ve done. But i’ll be buggered if i can find the programme anywhere on my blessed computer.

Why can’t it be simpler, please..

/end of rant, thank you.

Any advice ? anyone ?

You can’t sync Evolution against Pocket Outlook on your mobile device while you get this error “Failed to get first plugin change: Unknown error” then try this:

1.In Evolution purge the calendar.ics to lets say events older as 60 days. With this step you prevent a hack of a job in inspecting more then necessary appointments/events in step 2
2.To force synching again remove the synching *.db file under .evolution (turn on Hidden Files in Nautilus browser which is standard present in Ubuntu). Then start Multisync in the commandline/terminal window which will give a detailed result of the synching process. Those entries creating errors you remove out of calendar.ics preferable manually with gedit (standaard present in Ubuntu)This is all between the tags BEGIN:VEVENT and END:VEVENT. If you take the easy way using Evolution it self for deletion you risk that broken parts of the corrupt entry still remain in the calendat.ics which might result again in blocking a proper sync process (with Sync) resulting in the error “Failed to get first plugin change: Unknown error” when inspecting the log of Multisync. Continue with step 2 until the Resync happens without errors.
3.Bring in the corrupt found appointments/events in step 2 with Evolution it self. Remove in your mobile device all entries with (a trial version of) Pocket Informant.
4.Test your cleaned calendar .ics by synching this time with Sync (so not Resync) in Multisync. This should lead to a problem free synching process.

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Hope this will give everyone a suitable workaround

After I enter in “dccm” this is what shows up in my terminal…I have no idea what it means.

melody@melody-laptop:~$ sudo synce-serial-start
[sudo] password for melody:

synce-serial-start is now waiting for your device to connect

melody@melody-laptop:~$ synce-matchmaker create INDEX
[synce_info_from_file:51] unable to open file: /home/melody/.synce/active_connection
[rapi_context_connect:100] Failed to get connection info
[main:62] Failed to initialize RAPI
melody@melody-laptop:~$

Any suggestions? I’d like to get my Axim synced with my computer if possible so that it’s not just sitting there gathering dust.