Ubuntu
gnome-pilot package

device selection is not user friendly

Bug #75184 reported by Forest Bond
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-pilot (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Ubuntu PDA team

Bug Description

The gnome-pilot device configuration window that pops up when a palm is plugged in for the first time presents a drop down with e.g. "/dev/ttyUSB0", etc...

Couldn't this be made more user-friendly? The user I am working with had no idea what to do with that. He ended up with a "/dev/pilot" entry in that menu. I'm not sure if he entered that manually, or if it was already included. There was no such device on his system.

-Forest

Revision history for this message
Jerome S. Gotangco (jsgotangco) wrote :

It's actually not a pretty sight, but it works most of the time though.

Changed in gnome-pilot:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Jerome S. Gotangco (jsgotangco)
Changed in gnome-pilot:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-pda
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Jonas Björk (jonasbjork) wrote :

One thing could be that devicename editline changes to "usb:" when selecting USB as sync method. That had saved me alot of time. It took a while for me to realise how easy USB-syncing a Palm is today. No need for visor module, no need for permissions on /dev files.. It just worked :)

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.

Changed in gnome-pilot (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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