[TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux

[Roy Vestal]

I'll try it. I did downgrade to 2.38 and it synced but I'm still going to 
try OPIE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David A. Cafaro" <dac at trilug.org>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux


> Yep, if you are running the 3.x series ROMs on the Zaurus, there is no
> sync solution with Linux.  This guy was trying to reverse engineer it,
> but last I checked he had yet to get it all worked out:
>
> http://www.cyph.org/zsrep/
>
> Best bet if you need to Sync with Linux is to use either the 2.3x series
> roms (all of which will sync with Qtopia, just be mind full of the open
> root ftp account), or to use OpenZaurus for your ROM:
>
> http://openzaurus.org/web/
>
> OpenZaurus (Opie version) is what I currently run, and it syncs fine
> over Multsync.  I gave up on Sharp, I think they have pretty much
> abandoned the US market and the older SL5x00 Zaurus models.  Best to
> start getting hooked up with the Zaurus Users groups:
>
> http://www.zaurususergroup.org/
>
> Oh, and just as a note, I Just got my new PalmOne Treo 650 Smartphone,
> and it's now syncing with Evolution :-).  The Zaurus is now going to be
> my embedded Linux test machine.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 16:01, Roy Vestal wrote:
>> usb
>>
>> i think i just found the problem. I've updated the ROM and according to 
>> QT
>> folks, the new sharp rom will not sync with QTopiaDesktop on linux. :/
>>
>> Anyone
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <mark at thefowles.com>
>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 3:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux
>>
>>
>> > Are you synching via the usb or network ?  I had problems originally 
>> > doing
>> > this and ended up changing the IP and it worked ok.
>> >
>> > ~ mark
>> >
>> >
>> >> I'm trying to setup my Zaurus SL-5500 to sync with my FC1 laptop. I 
>> >> can
>> >> ping and stuff but Qtopia Desktop will not see nor sync. I'm trying to
>> >> follow http://www.mrball.net/zaurus.html howto (our own David Cafaro 
>> >> is
>> >> mentioned!).
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions?--
>
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