Re: [PilotMgr] error: modification of a read-only ... line 2665

[Kent Madsen <Kent.Madsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Art and others,

I was able to get past this problem, but I don't know what I did that made the 
difference.

My course of action was similar to Art's, with one exception.

*** NOTE THAT I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THIS, JUST REPORTING IT ***

I first sync'ed and established the user name with my PC.

Then I tried to sync @ work and got the "modification of ..." message.  Did 
several syncs, tried installs, same error.

I sync'ed to my PC at home and experienced some strange behavior (long story, 
I'll save you the grief).  I did a HARD RESET on the new IIIc and sync'ed it 
again at home, re-establishing the user name.

The next day, I was able to sync to my U10 at work.

I was lucky, I was able to restore/recreate everything, but you must be very 
familiar with the way your Palm files are stored and tread carefully so that 
files are not lost.

BOTTOM LINE: As I review my actions, the only thing I can see that I did 
different from other folks on the alias with this problem is the hard reset.

That MAY be the answer.  This is still not the 'root cause' of this problem, but 
a possible workaround.

Kent




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>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 09:52:45 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Arthur Black <arthurb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [PilotMgr] error:  modification of a read-only ... line 2665
>
>I'm running into the same problem reported by others on the upgrade issue and 
need some help.  My old PalmPilot died recently, so I bought a Palm Vx as a 
replacement.  But I have not be able to get Pilotmgr to talk to it.  
>
>When people talk about the fix of using the Install conduit to load a new ap, 
are you using the PilotManager File->Installer menu, or are you using another 
technique?
>
>I have gone through the following sequence, but none have fixed the problem:
>
>-first tried syncing with pilotmgr.  Got the "modification of .." error message
>-sync'ed the Palm Vx on my home PC.  Everything worked fine.
>-tried syncing with pilotmgr, got the "modification of .." error message
>-using my home PC, upgraded the Palm Vx OS from 3.5.0 to 3.5.2
>-tried syncing with pilotmgr, got the "modification of .." error message
>-tried using the PilotManager File->Installer menu to install a file on the 
Pilot.  Again got the same  "modification of .." error message
>
>The version of perl installed on our shared file system is perl,V5.003
>
>thanks for any help,
>
>
>Art Black
>
>
>
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