7-11-2007 Migrating from Treo 650 to 680 on Debian Linux
Palm is by far the PDA best supported on Linux. That's why I use it, versus something retarded like an overpriced iPhone. Linux + Treo 680 > iPhone + OSX, especially in light of http://tinyurl.com/39dlln . It was all very easy, except one gotcha made my life difficult...
<Technical Mumbo-Jumbo Disclaimer> I just got a new Treo 680 for $50 with a 2 year contract. Moving everything from the 650 was a snap with the Linux pilot-xfer utility, except for the dial-up networking (DUN). I thought getting the DUN working would be a snap, but I neglected to change the "channel" in rfcomm.com. This made my modem not talk back to any chatscript commands. To find the right channel, run the Unix command "sdptool browse" and look for the channel of the Dial-up Networking entry. It used to be 1 and now it's 2. Thanks Khaytsus at #palm@irc.freenode.net!!!
By the way, here is my working set of chatscripts: http://palm.uname.nl/index.php/Treo680ATTChat
Update: I quit using these chatscripts and use gnome-ppp instead which seems to figure things out on its own when supplied the standard parameters. More recently, I even stopped using the gnome-ppp front end and just use the gnome-network-manager applet that runs in the beagle search window and also accessible via netapplet.
Hope this helps someone. -Eric
By the way, here is my working set of chatscripts: http://palm.uname.nl/index.php/Treo680ATTChat
Update: I quit using these chatscripts and use gnome-ppp instead which seems to figure things out on its own when supplied the standard parameters. More recently, I even stopped using the gnome-ppp front end and just use the gnome-network-manager applet that runs in the beagle search window and also accessible via netapplet.
Hope this helps someone. -Eric
