[missing-sync-palmos-talk] No isyncing with Palm...need help, please

[Jonathan Greene]

Have you tried re-installing iSync and the Palm conduit - I'd do it  
after you install Missing Sync.  You don't need Palm Desktop installed  
at all.



On Dec 7, 2004, at 6:39 AM, Uli Kudicke wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am confronted with a problem I cannot solve:
> iSync does not sync my iCal and Address Book any more.
>
> Missing Sync works fine for the backup, Docs2Go, Filemaker conduit  
> etc..
> Missing Sync is to my knowledge not "the bad guy".
> It's only the iSync conduit (or iSync itself) making trouble.
>
> In my Missing Sync log file this part catches my eye:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------
> 07.12.04 00:24 iSync Conduit starting
> ?07.12.04 00:29 Timeout waiting for Sync Engine, exiting
> ?iSync Conduit fehlgeschlagen (0xfffffffe)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------
> (note: "fehlgeschlagen" means failure)
>
> This means to me Missing Sync was waiting for 5 minutes for the Sync  
> Engine to start. If I don't abort the sync, after the timeout Missing  
> Sync keeps on going with the rest of the conduits.
> The progress bar opens in iSync for 1 or 2 seconds and closes again.  
> The bar is only white - no blue progress bar starting. No status text  
> below the progress bar. The iSync log stays empty.
>
> I have deleted Missing Sync totally today and installed Palm Desktop -  
> but I had the same story with HotSync Manager: Everything OK, except  
> iSync.
> A try with iSync 1.4 and 1.2 had same results. The (iSync Palm) Apple  
> conduit is 3.0.1 as GetInfo shows.
>
> Two things might be relevant:
>
> Missing Sync puts one pref file in root/library/preferences and one in  
> user/library/preferences with the same name  
> (com.markspace.missingsync.palmos.plist). both with different content.
> Is this normal?
>
> iSync or iSyncPalm conduit is not creating a preference file with  
> something like ....isync(palm?)registry... I have seen this file  
> before once when deleting the iSync prefs for a fresh start up.
>
> And it feels like iSync just doesn't "see" my address book and my  
> calendars...
> Maybe iSync looks at the wrong place! Putting aliases for Calendars  
> and Addressbook in root/library did not work either.
>
> What I did so far: I de-installed everything (iSync, iSyncPalm  
> conduit, Missing Sync) and installed it again. Several times.
> I repaired the permissions - several times.
> Changed Hotsync name - no success.
>
> When I had the same trouble 3 weeks ago to make it work again I did a  
> complete re-install of EVERYTHING on my computer - from scratch.
> This time I wish I could avoid this 2-days work....
>
> Although I'm sure it's not the fault of Missing Sync I hope someone  
> here has some knowledge to help me getting my things synced again.
>
> I put this to Apple too.
>
> Don't know what else to do....
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Uli
>
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