[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: missing-sync-palmos-talk Digest, Vol 27, Issue 16

[Scott Gruby]

On Aug 22, 2005, at 5:27 PM, William Laven wrote:

> Sometimes that happens with me, too, also with Tungsten C though I  
> don't think that's the issue. What I've found is that sometimes,  
> somehow, the MS panel switches to "Do Nothing" so I have to  
> manually open it, click on "Synchronization" and it will work right  
> then and for some time after that. When it does switch back to "Do  
> Nothing," which is every few weeks or more, I can't quite figure  
> out what triggered it. I think it would do it after I ran "cron"  
> tasks with Cocktail or OnyX, but I'm not sure that was always the  
> culprit. Now I use Macaroni for those tasks and it doesn't seem to  
> affect MS. I wish I could be more definite, but...are you running  
> "cron" tasks; might that be it?


A few things; if it switches to "Do Nothing", it means the Missing  
Sync Monitor application is not running. There are a two potential  
causes of this:

1) The Monitor application crashed; if this happens, please make sure  
you fill out the crash report in the dialog that comes up so that we  
can investigate. If it happens repeatedly, please contact support.

2) The Monitor application is not running. This can happen if you  
haven't selected "Enable Synchronization/Sharing at startup", you  
have moved Missing Sync for Palm OS, or something/someone removed the  
login item. To fix this, go into preferences and unselect "Enable  
Synchronization/Sharing at startup" and then re-select it. This  
allows Missing Sync to reset the login item.

As for running Cocktail, OnyX or manually running the cron tasks, the  
likelihood of those helping Missing Sync are minimal. I have yet to  
see a case where running these scripts or repairing permissions has  
helped Missing Sync or any other application. Of course, your mileage  
may vary, but I rarely run those on my own systems and they're rock  
solid. I'm sure others will tell you how these fix lots of problems  
and that may be the case for them, but don't count on it to fix  
problems with Missing Sync.

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Scott Gruby
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