Hi, two years ago I guess I bought a Palm TX
and I have to say I did not really use it so much
so when I moved to Spain I brought it with me (of course)
and recently I decided to start using it again and I started looking
for its compatibility with Linux and if is possible to sync it with a Linux PC
and the right (best) application(s) to get it working with.
I have Archlinux x86_64 installed in my laptop with a kernel 2.6.30-ARCH
and udev 145.
The first thing that I had to look for was : the driver
Looking on inet I found this in the Ubuntu Community Documentation, I read the entire post and
I decided to start looking for visor module
$ lsmod | grep visor
I saw it was not loaded (as expected) and I loaded it manually (by now)
$ sudo modprobe visor
It should load the module and :
Add visor to your modules doing this :
$ sudo vim /etc/rc.conf
MODULES=(!pcspkr !snd_pcsp visor)
So next boot visor is going to be loaded automatically
Now I have to find an application to sync and do basic stuff with my Palm
Looking on inet I found : pilot-link, pilot-xfer, jpilot and kpilot
reading some posts and blogs I decided to use : jpilot and pilot-xfer (GUI and command line respectively)
Now :
$ sudo pacman -Suy jpilot
After that you have to connect your Palm using USB cable and push
HotSync button or start the application from Applications and
start jpilot.
And if it is the first time using jpilot you have to create a User so
In File -> Install User, write down information if necessary,
press Sync button on jpilot it is going to tell you
that you have to press the HotSync button and it is going to create the user
jpilot has a litle console which shows the status of processes, after that your palm is ready to get sync with you linux
Installing Apps in your Palm using jpilot
1.- Download desired app
2.- Uncompress it on your PC
3.- Connect your Palm to your PC and start jpilot
4.- Start Sync App in your Palm
5.- Press Sync button on jpilot
6.- File -> Install
7.- Select Files and press Add, when done press Close
8.- Press HotSync button on your Palm (jpilot is going to show you the iformation of the process)
9.- If everything goes well jpilot is going to tell you and that is it
I am playing with my Palm and testing things such as : Wifi and BT Sync, installing other apps
I will post those tests but by now it is all.