Synchronizing your PalmOS® Handheld with Ximian Evolution™

David A. Desrosiers

Revision History
Revision 0.01 2003-01-29 Revised by: dd
Initial revision
Revision 0.02 2003-02-03 Revised by: dd
Added missing dependancy solutions for Red Hat and Debian systems, added sections on "Common Errors" and how to correct them
Revision 0.03 2003-12-02 Revised by: dd
Major update! Added instructions for the new gnome-pilot 2.x and Evolution 1.5.x, added details about building from CVS sources, restructured the entire doc.
Revision 0.04 2003-12-07 Revised by: dd
Minor change. "Synchronize" has an 'h' in it, as in "chrono". Oops, fixed references to "Syncronize".

If your question is not answered in this HOWTO, please check the gnome-pilot mailing lists or the pilot-link mailing lists which may have more recent information.

There is also an irc channel available for real-time help if you should need it. Point your irc client to irc.pilot-link.org and join the channel #pilot-link. Please be patient after asking your question(s), as many people may be idle or away from the keyboard.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright
2. Obtaining the Sources
2.1. pilot-link
2.2. gnome-pilot
2.3. gnome-pilot-conduits
2.4. Ximian Evolution
3. Unpacking and Verifying the Sources
4. Building pilot-link
4.1. Configuring pilot-link
4.2. Some common pilot-link errors
4.3. Testing and installing pilot-link
5. Building gnome-pilot
5.1. Configuring gnome-pilot
5.2. Some common gnome-pilot errors
5.3. Testing and installing gnome-pilot
6. Building gnome-pilot-conduits
6.1. Configuring gnome-pilot-conduits
7. Building Evolution
7.1. Configuring Evolution
7.2. Installing and testing Evolution
A. GNU Free Documentation License
0. Preamble
1. Applicability and Definitions
2. Verbatim Copying
3. Copying in Quantity
4. Modifications
5. Combining Documents
6. Collections of Documents
7. Aggregation with Independent Works
8. Translation
9. Termination
10. Future Revisions of this License
How to use this License for your documents
List of Figures
7-1. Starting the gnome-pilot Druid
7-2. Configuring gnome-pilot cradle settings
7-3. Configuring Palm handheld identification
7-4. Initial sync to retrieve Palm UserID
7-5. gnome-pilot Palm attributes
7-6. Completing the gnome-pilot setup
7-7. List of gnome-pilot conduits