FC5: gnome-pilot AND pilot-link broken (worse than FC4!)

[Gilboa Davara]

On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 17:06 -0400, Brian Mury wrote:
> Good day all,
> 
> Anyone who used FC4 and has a Palm will probably be aware of the
> multitude of problems that FC4 had with Palm syncing. I was able to get
> gnome-pilot (and hence Evolution syncing) to work by installing Mark G.
> Adams' RPM's.
> 
> Having just installed FC5, I've found that gnome-pilot crashes like it
> did on FC4. However, there is an additional problem that was not present
> with FC4. Even before installing Mark G. Adams' RPMs on FC4, I was able
> to use pilot-link to talk to my Palm (using the command pilot-xfer). I
> can still do this, but if I run it two or three times, it completely
> freezes my computer to the point that I must press the reset button.
> 
> So, my questions are:
> - Has anyone else experienced problems with pilot-link hanging their
> machine?
> - Any advice on how to troubleshoot this?
> - Any advice on how to fix this?
> - If I can get pilot-link to stop hanging the machine, any advice on how
> to get gnome-pilot to work so I can sync with Evolution?
> 
> I have:
> 
> gnome-pilot-2.0.13-7.fc5.4
> gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.13-7.fc5.4
> pilot-link-0.12.0-0.pre4.5.2.1
> pilot-link-devel-0.12.0-0.pre4.5.2.1
> gnome-pilot-conduits-2.0.13-3.FC5.2
> 
> Brian
> 

Sadly enough, somehow, I get the feeling that the same bugs will be
reported when FC6 is released... yep, we are doomed.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-March/msg01378.html

Gilboa