I have had a similar problem with another package, seems it opened but on
a different desktop??

if this doesn't work let me know how you installed it as I was just
getting ready to reinstall it after putting in a new hard drive and
upgrading to 24.04 myself.

Bob

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024, Kevin Jaspan wrote:

I installed it with the instructions on the main Jpilot.org page:

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh
| sudo bash
sudo apt install jpilot jpilot-plugins

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 5:35 PM Bob accessys@smart.net wrote:

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I assume that you are trying to launch jpilot from a terminal window on
your Ubuntu GNOME (or KDE) desktop.

Is your new desktop using Wayland?  Was your old one running X?  Wayland
has replaced X in many Linux distros.  What does this say, when run from a
terminal window on your desktop:
$ xisxwayland -v

Look at the value of $DISPLAY in a terminal window on your desktop
$ echo $DISPLAY

That environment variable tells X programs what display server to use.

If your new system's display is being run by Wayland instead of X, I think
that $DISPLAY is meaningless (I'm not sure).  It certainly isn't as
powerful as under X: X protocol could cross network links and display on a
different machine but Wayland cannot.

This might be useful to explain the X side of the story:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/784404/how-can-i-specify-a-display

Hugh,
The xisxwayland -v command gives:
Command not found.
echo $DISPLAY gives nothing.
I'm pretty certain I'm running Wayland or, at least, gdm3. What mystifies
me is that I've never had this problem before until I rebuilt Ubuntu 24.04.

Thanks for your help,

Kevin

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 11:04 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier hugh@mimosa.com wrote:

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On Friday, 27 December 2024 22:38:27 GMT Kevin Jaspan wrote:

Hmm, So I'm not sure why you are trying to start J-Pilot from the command line. Is your Linux machine remote to you (in which case, how is the Palm connected ?!) ?

Assuming your Palm is connected to you local Linux machine, either with the serial cable or Bluetooth, you should have a file /usr/share/applications/jpilot.desktop. This is what populates the standard desktop "start" menu's application list.
You don't start J-Pilot from the command line.

With this file in place, you should be able to find "j-Pilot" in your menu in the same place as all your other applications and/or in the quick launcher (ALT-F2 in Kde I think?).
If this file is missing, you can create it by running sudoedit /usr/share/applications/jpilot.desktop and entering the following:

--------------do not include this line-----------
[Desktop Entry]
Name=J-Pilot
Comment=Desktop organizer application for the Palm Pilot
Exec=jpilot
Icon=jpilot.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Office;PDA;
--------------do not include this line-----------

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Tom

I am not trying to start from the command line. It was just a suggestion I was given. When I click on the icon it flashes briefly but nothing opens.
Sent from my iPad

On Sunday, 29 December 2024 15:35:27 GMT Kevin Jaspan wrote:

Ah ha. So it's failing to start for some reason, exiting really quickly. Maybe someone else knows where jpilot keeps it's logs in this case ?

You can try a couple of tricks too.

• replace Exec=jpilot with Exec=...whatever the output of "which jpilot" is such as Exec=/usr/bin/jpilot. If it's just an off path issue, this might fix it.
• create a new application menu entry (KDE has a "Menu Editor"). Program should "konsole --noclose -e ...which jpilot output...". This should launch the command, but keep a window open to see the logs, per https://askubuntu.com/a/1126049[1]

I'm on Kubuntu 24.10, installed J-Pilot the same way, and do not have this issue. It'd be helpful if you could confirm if you are on X or Wayland. There should be an option on the login screen. It's a little subtle here...

Tom

[1] https://askubuntu.com/a/1126049

Tom,
I’m pretty sure I’m on gdm3 on Wayland. We’ve had yet another power failure so I cannot explore further. Ubuntu 24.04.1

Kevin
Sent from my iPad

Tom,
The Jpilot service file was exactly as you suggested it should be.
I assume you mean, in the second bullet, to create a startup application,
and put some command there. Should that command be:
konsole --noclose -e
?
Anyway, I had Jpilot as an application I could select from the Apps menu,
with an icon I could click on. The problem is, as described before, it just
flashes and doesn't launch.

Kevin

On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 12:12 PM Kevin Jaspan kjaspan@gmail.com wrote:

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