Sorry - Still Having Trouble With Sync :(

[caunt]

Ok folks,
Time to ask for help.  I spent the first week with my "new" zaurus trying out different ROMs

Well, I've pretty much settled on the Cacko (at least till OZ has a pdf reader)
Problem is that I've been trying to sync over usb for the last week and a half, pouring over the forum and other sites, and I've stilled failed to get my Z to talk to my PC.  All attempts seem to freeze my Z.  (except one install of the sharp PCTools in which QTopia desktop just told me that the version on the  Z and the PC didn't match.  (Qtopia desktop was version 1.55, qtopia on the Z is version 1.50.  I'd read that the 5500310U.zip WAS supposed to work and that maybe I had a partially uninstalled later version so I should uninstall completely, clean the registry and re-install.  I did, and now Qtopia desktop just seems to freeze my Z)

Here are the particulars:

5000d - Cacko advanced Flash Rom update 3.10 (kernel 2.4.18)
  30-0 configuration
Didn't like the recharge problem with the kernel update, so it's not installed.

1gb PNY sd card

(I've tried both the tcp/ip and the default io)

  Tcp/IP settings:
Zaurus Manager:
      hostname: zaurus
     hostip:  192.168.129.201
PC drivers:
   sl network adaptor enabled
   sl usb  controller showing  
PC networking settings:
   tcp/ip settings:
    ipaddress:   192.168.129.200
   subnet mask:  255.255.255.0
    gateway:      192.168.129.201
   dns server:  blank ... didn't know what to put
  encryption OFF
Zaurus PCLink:
   tcp/ip
   hostname: zaurus
   usbip:  192.168.129.201

I can ping the zaurus from the PC with this setup, but trying the qtopia desktop freezes the Z.  So does trying to use the sync software with Ko/Pi.  Haven't tried intellisync as I don't use outlook.  Don't know how to ping the PC from the Z.

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Any suggestions?


Thanks

[technojunkie]

I know that this is just a workaround, (and I wasn't that fond of Ka/Pi) but you could try Ko/Pi and Ka/Pi and just manually copy the PIM DB back and forth to your PC. you would probably have to install KDE Pim on your PC tho.

[caunt]

Well,
Thank you Technojunkie. . .
not exactly what I was hoping for in a response, but it does help to know at least one other person can't see what I'm doing wrong!  

Yes, up till now I've been using manual file transfers.  I was just hoping to get the syncing part working.

[juanr]

Hi Caunt,

Don't know if I'm late but...
I had the same issue and the only solution is to set the IP address for your PC to:
192.168.129.1
Instead of 192.168.129.200

For some reason, the zaurus sends all the commands to the IP address number "1" for any subnet you chose.

Regards,

Juan

[caunt]

Jaunr,

Thanks!  I'll give that a try.  So far nothing I've tried works, but I'll keep trying as long as ideas come my way.

I appreciate your taking the time to give me another hint!