[Evolution] Evolution syncing

[Paul M. Bucalo]

On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 15:02 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 13:42 -0700, Richard Zach wrote:
> > Someone just posted something to the gnome-pilot list which might
> > explain the syncing problems reported by various people recently:
> > 
> > > Oh, forgot the obvious: have you added the USB Vendor/Product ID to
> > > the list of recognised IDs for gnome-pilot?  If you're running
> > > gnome-pilot-2.0.12 you need to edit the devices.xml file by hand and
> > > restart gnome-pilot.
> > > 
> > > The Kyocera Vendor ID is 0x0c88, and the device ID for the
> > > 7135 is 0x0021.
> > 
> > The Palm Zire 72, for instance, isn't in
> > my /opt/gnome/share/gnome-pilot/devices.xml
> > 
> > Maybe that helps.
> ----
> instantly - and for the record... I added to my
> 
>  <!-- Kyocera -->
> 
>  <!-- Kyocera 7135 -->
>  <device vendor_id="0c88" product_id="0021" />
> 
> to
> /usr/share/gnome-pilot/devices.xml

Yo, man! You can sync! Welcome to what appears to have been an elite
club! I only made because I'm using such old stuff. ;0) Good for you.
Hopefully Richard's info will make all others successful, too. 

On the serious side, better documentation would have prevented a lot of
anguish and torn allegiances. This is a perfect example of what holds
users back in Linux. Not all of us are Rocket Scientists. :0|

Thanks again to Richard for providing the missing link for so many.

Paul