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

I'm not sure changing the user name is sufficient.  As I alluded to in my 
earlier message, I remember reading somewhere that the syncing tools look both 
at your user name, and you user ID (a generated number) to decide whether the 
device is in fact the same one it had syncced to previously.

Searching through the pilotmgr archives, I found that you can in fact set both 
your user name and user ID using the "install-user" pilot-link tool.  Given 
this, perhaps the following procedure would help some of you:

- Using the undocumented graffiti shortcut (<script l>..4), get your user name 
and user ID off your old device.
- Use the install-user pilot-link tool to copy this info to your new palm:
  % install-user /dev/pilot MyName <MyID#>
  ...substituting the actual path to your serial device for "/dev/pilot"
  
I also found these other potentially helpful hints buried in the archives (sorry 
about new preserving references):

"Another work-around we've discovered that solved the problem with the
outstanding Palm was to use the Install conduit to load a new app -
after which the synch process ran just fine......."

"I have determined that it's failing ONLY when the database is in Flash at which 
time Pilot Manager complains and finishes syncing).  Anybody have Pilot Manager 
working with JackFlash (or by some other method have put stuff in Flash)?"  (The 
inference is to move any databases you might have put into flash back out -Eric)

"I got this same error when I moved databases to flash memory.  Perl would come 
up with this error.  It went away when I upgraded to Perl 5.005_03 and 
Tk800.018.  Are you running the latest of Perl and/or Tk?"

-Eric


>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:14:25 -0700
>From: Derek Pizzagoni <derekp@xxxxxxxx>
>X-Accept-Language: en
>To: owner-pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: Arthur Black <Arthur.Black@xxxxxxxxxxx>, pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
Maurice Oomen <maurice.oomen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] error:  modification of a read-only ... line 2665
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>To change the username on the PDA, go to "Prefs", and select the "Owner" 
dropdown.
>This will show who the current owner is, and allow you to change it.
>
>I believe this is the user value that is used for HotSyncing.
>
>- Derek
>
>
>"Perley B. C. Mears Jr." wrote:
>
>> Arthur,
>>
>>         More and more it looks to me from feedback that this has to do with 
the
>> HotSync name or user name in the Palm. Also, early reports indicate that
>> this problem may be fixed in the 3.5.2 OS release. So, either try
>> updating your Palm Vx to 3.5.2, or try pre-setting the username to your
>> previous value, using "install-user" from the pilot-link suite to set
>> the HotSync name, or some similar method. I recall someone else on this
>> alias indicated you can set the username on the Palm itself, via
>> preferences or something, although I don't recall exactly how to do it.
>> Please let us know what works, as I'm sure something will.
>>
>> Arthur Black wrote:
>> >
>> > Thanks for the suggestions from various people.  But unfortunately I still 
have
>> > not been able to get pilotmgr to do an install or sync with my Vx.
>> >
>> > I finally gave up and borrowed a Palm III.  I was able to immediately do an
>> > install and then a sync with that unit.  That unit has version 3.0 of the 
Palm
>> > operating system.  I would conclude that something broke with pilotmgr 
between
>> > version 3.0 and 3.5.0 of the Palm operating system.
>> >
>> > The last fixes I tried with my Palm Vx were:
>> >
>> > -do a hard reset of the Palm Vx.  Then sync it with my PC
>> > -tried to do an install with pilotmgr, got the "modification of .." error
>> > message
>> > -did a hard reset of the Palm III.  Then did an install with pilotmgr.  
Worked
>> > fine, no problems.
>> >
>> > Art Black
>> >
>> > >X-Unix-From: arthurb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Fri Sep  8 09:53:35 2000
>> > >X-Authentication-Warning: moshpit.Corp.Sun.COM: majordomo set sender to
>> > owner-pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx using -f
>> > >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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