[TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux

Roy Vestal rvestal at trilug.org
Tue Feb 15 16:11:17 EST 2005


Ok, so i have the old sharp rom 2.37 and windows syncing and qtopia 1.7.0 
and fc1 sorta syncing. How do I setup hotplug to recognize it?
----- 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 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Syncing Zaurus with Linux


> 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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