[TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux

[Roy Vestal]

Did you ever get it to sync with Windows?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Vestal" <rvestal at trilug.org>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux


> 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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