[TriLUG] Zaurus - OpenZaurus sync failure

Roy Vestal rvestal at trilug.org
Thu Aug 12 19:20:20 EDT 2004


Found it. I'll try it this weekend. Thanks David!
http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate3.asp

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 19:01, Roy Vestal wrote:
> I've tried the latest Intelisync from Sharp for their lastest ROM. I
> don't know if it's the one you are referring to. Do you have a link for
> it? Is it on myzaurus.com?
> 
> On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 13:14, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> > Are you trying to use the intellisync version that came with Sharp ROM 3
> > or the Intellisync version that came with Sharp Rom 2.38?  I'm guessing
> > that you will need the Intellisync version that came with the 2.38 ROM
> > to sync with OpenZaurus.  I don't know for sure, but I think the
> > OpenZaurus uses the sync method used by the old 2.38 rom vs the newer
> > sync method in the version 3 rom.  
> > 
> > I haven't tried this my self though.  Presently I'm using the version 3
> > rom and sync with Qtopia Desktop on windows (and no sync with Linux,
> > yet..)
> > 
> > -David
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 11:40, Roy Vestal wrote:
> > > Ok, here's the deal. I upgraded my 5500 to the stable openzaurus 3.2. On my
> > > windows machine at work, I installed the new intellisync for windows, got
> > > the USB-TCP/IP working. I could ping, ssh, sftp into the zaurus, but no
> > > sync.  I've been all over the openzaurus list, and the zaurususergroup
> > > lists, and I've tried everything I've found but to no avail.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone gotten an openzaurus install to sync with windows?  I need
> > > intellisync cause we use Outlook at work, so Qtopia Desktop is not an option
> > > for me.
> > > 
> > > I have since reset my ROM back to the original as well as the Intellisync
> > > software its working fine, but I'd like to try/use OpenZaurus.
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions?
> > -- 
> > David A. Cafaro
> > dac(at)cafaro.net
> > Admin to User: "You did what!?!?!"




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