Quote Originally Posted by almala
Well I'm mystified, and grateful too---it worked! But I'd already done the same; maybe it was all in the reboot, or perhaps you just happen to know what you're doing. Anyway thanks for that.
cool- glad you got it working

I did try the apt-get suggestion for Evolution, but it's throwing up dependancy issues. Evolution is certainly a nice GUI for a diary, etc.,
Ah yes dependencies....but at the risk of sounding like a posterchild for Evolution I daresay that Evolution is a wee bit more than a gui for a diary. :P Nonetheless Jpilot is also a nice app and in Debian.

I have been using pilot-link to install apps to the pda.

pilot-xfer /dev/pilot -i application.prc

It will give you a few retries until you hit the hotsync button on the cradle.