Hello, I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux Mint forums: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is there something else I can try? Thanks for any help, Robin -- Military history author <https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook>

Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu  24.04, which is noble.  I uploaded all of the packages to the equivalent Mint releases so you should not have to do anything special.  You don't need to specify os or dist variables. On my Ubuntu 26.04 system I added this file: $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules # Palm handhelds — libusb access for pilot-link (pilot-xfer -p usb:) SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", TAG+="uaccess" The group that I need to be in is plugdev.  Your udev rules may specify a different group. Judd On 9/8/26 20:21, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I > recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. > > Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux > Mint forums: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 > > Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since > that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the > version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I > used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. > > The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm > m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my > user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is > there something else I can try? > > Thanks for any help, > > Robin > -- > > Military history author <https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media > <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> > _______________________________________________ > Jpilot mailing list -- jpilot@lists.jpilot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to jpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org

Adding your /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules file made it work as a normal user (my user was already in the plugdev group). So that's working now, which is great, thank you. But I tried installing again, on a Mint install of the same version, that I hadn't tried to install JPilot on before. This is what I got: $ curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh | sudo bash Detected operating system as LinuxMint/zena. Checking for curl... Detected curl... Checking for gpg... Detected gpg... Detected apt version as 2.8.3 Running apt-get update... done. Installing apt-transport-https... done. Installing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/judd_jpilot.list...curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 Unable to download repo config from: https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/config_file.list?os=LinuxMint&dist=zena&source=script This usually happens if your operating system is not supported by packagecloud.io, or this script's OS detection failed. You can override the OS detection by setting os= and dist= prior to running this script. You can find a list of supported OSes and distributions on our website: https://packagecloud.io/docs#os_distro_version For example, to force Ubuntu Trusty: os=ubuntu dist=trusty ./script.sh If you are running a supported OS, contact the owner of this repository/package for further support. On 09/09/2026 02:24, Judd Montgomery wrote: > Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu  24.04, which is noble.  I uploaded all of > the packages to the equivalent Mint releases so you should not have to > do anything special.  You don't need to specify os or dist variables. > > On my Ubuntu 26.04 system I added this file: > $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules > # Palm handhelds — libusb access for pilot-link (pilot-xfer -p usb:) > SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", > TAG+="uaccess" > > The group that I need to be in is plugdev.  Your udev rules may specify > a different group. > > Judd > > On 9/8/26 20:21, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I >> recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. >> >> Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux >> Mint forums:https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 >> >> Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since >> that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the >> version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I >> used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. >> >> The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm >> m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my >> user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is >> there something else I can try? >> >> Thanks for any help, >> >> Robin >> -- >> >> Military history author<https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media >> <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org >> To unsubscribe send an email tojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org > _______________________________________________ > Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org > To unsubscribe send an email tojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org -- Military history author <https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook>

Packagecloud.io only supports up to Mint 22.1 so there isn't much I can do right now.  I'll upload packages when they add Mint 22.3. Judd On 9/9/26 10:45, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: > Adding your /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules file made it work as a > normal user (my user was already in the plugdev group). So that's > working now, which is great, thank you. > > > But I tried installing again, on a Mint install of the same version, > that I hadn't tried to install JPilot on before. This is what I got: > > $ curl -s > https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh | > sudo bash > Detected operating system as LinuxMint/zena. > Checking for curl... > Detected curl... > Checking for gpg... > Detected gpg... > Detected apt version as 2.8.3 > Running apt-get update... done. > Installing apt-transport-https... done. > Installing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/judd_jpilot.list...curl: (22) The > requested URL returned error: 404 > > > Unable to download repo config from: > https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/config_file.list?os=LinuxMint&dist=zena&source=script > > This usually happens if your operating system is not supported by > packagecloud.io, or this script's OS detection failed. > > You can override the OS detection by setting os= and dist= prior to > running this script. > You can find a list of supported OSes and distributions on our website: > https://packagecloud.io/docs#os_distro_version > > For example, to force Ubuntu Trusty: os=ubuntu dist=trusty ./script.sh > > If you are running a supported OS, contact the owner of this > repository/package for further support. > > > > > On 09/09/2026 02:24, Judd Montgomery wrote: >> Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu  24.04, which is noble.  I uploaded all of >> the packages to the equivalent Mint releases so you should not have to >> do anything special.  You don't need to specify os or dist variables. >> >> On my Ubuntu 26.04 system I added this file: >> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules >> # Palm handhelds — libusb access for pilot-link (pilot-xfer -p usb:) >> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", >> TAG+="uaccess" >> >> The group that I need to be in is plugdev.  Your udev rules may specify >> a different group. >> >> Judd >> >> On 9/8/26 20:21, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I >>> recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. >>> >>> Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux >>> Mint forums:https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 >>> >>> Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since >>> that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the >>> version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I >>> used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. >>> >>> The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm >>> m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my >>> user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is >>> there something else I can try? >>> >>> Thanks for any help, >>> >>> Robin >>> -- >>> >>> Military history author<https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media >>> <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> >>>

OK, that makes sense. So in the meantime, will it work if I add os=ubuntu dist=noble ? Robin On 11/09/2026 01:52, Judd Montgomery wrote: > Packagecloud.io only supports up to Mint 22.1 so there isn't much I can > do right now.  I'll upload packages when they add Mint 22.3. > > Judd > > On 9/9/26 10:45, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >> Adding your /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules file made it work as a >> normal user (my user was already in the plugdev group). So that's >> working now, which is great, thank you. >> >> >> But I tried installing again, on a Mint install of the same version, >> that I hadn't tried to install JPilot on before. This is what I got: >> >> $ curl -s >> https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh | >> sudo bash >> Detected operating system as LinuxMint/zena. >> Checking for curl... >> Detected curl... >> Checking for gpg... >> Detected gpg... >> Detected apt version as 2.8.3 >> Running apt-get update... done. >> Installing apt-transport-https... done. >> Installing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/judd_jpilot.list...curl: (22) The >> requested URL returned error: 404 >> >> >> Unable to download repo config from: >> https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/config_file.list?os=LinuxMint&dist=zena&source=script >> >> This usually happens if your operating system is not supported by >> packagecloud.io, or this script's OS detection failed. >> >> You can override the OS detection by setting os= and dist= prior to >> running this script. >> You can find a list of supported OSes and distributions on our website: >> https://packagecloud.io/docs#os_distro_version >> >> For example, to force Ubuntu Trusty: os=ubuntu dist=trusty ./script.sh >> >> If you are running a supported OS, contact the owner of this >> repository/package for further support. >> >> >> >> >> On 09/09/2026 02:24, Judd Montgomery wrote: >>> Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu  24.04, which is noble.  I uploaded all of >>> the packages to the equivalent Mint releases so you should not have to >>> do anything special.  You don't need to specify os or dist variables. >>> >>> On my Ubuntu 26.04 system I added this file: >>> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules >>> # Palm handhelds — libusb access for pilot-link (pilot-xfer -p usb:) >>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", >>> TAG+="uaccess" >>> >>> The group that I need to be in is plugdev.  Your udev rules may specify >>> a different group. >>> >>> Judd >>> >>> On 9/8/26 20:21, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I >>>> recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. >>>> >>>> Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux >>>> Mint forums:https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 >>>> >>>> Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since >>>> that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the >>>> version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I >>>> used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. >>>> >>>> The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm >>>> m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my >>>> user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is >>>> there something else I can try? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help, >>>> >>>> Robin >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Military history author<https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media >>>> <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> >>>> > _______________________________________________ > Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org > To unsubscribe send an email tojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org -- Military history author <https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook>

Yes, that should work. Judd On 9/11/26 06:28, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: > OK, that makes sense. > > So in the meantime, will it work if I add os=ubuntu dist=noble ? > > Robin > > > > On 11/09/2026 01:52, Judd Montgomery wrote: >> Packagecloud.io only supports up to Mint 22.1 so there isn't much I can >> do right now.  I'll upload packages when they add Mint 22.3. >> >> Judd >> >> On 9/9/26 10:45, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >>> Adding your /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules file made it work as a >>> normal user (my user was already in the plugdev group). So that's >>> working now, which is great, thank you. >>> >>> >>> But I tried installing again, on a Mint install of the same version, >>> that I hadn't tried to install JPilot on before. This is what I got: >>> >>> $ curl -s >>> https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh | >>> sudo bash >>> Detected operating system as LinuxMint/zena. >>> Checking for curl... >>> Detected curl... >>> Checking for gpg... >>> Detected gpg... >>> Detected apt version as 2.8.3 >>> Running apt-get update... done. >>> Installing apt-transport-https... done. >>> Installing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/judd_jpilot.list...curl: (22) The >>> requested URL returned error: 404 >>> >>> >>> Unable to download repo config from: >>> https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/config_file.list?os=LinuxMint&dist=zena&source=script >>> >>> This usually happens if your operating system is not supported by >>> packagecloud.io, or this script's OS detection failed. >>> >>> You can override the OS detection by setting os= and dist= prior to >>> running this script. >>> You can find a list of supported OSes and distributions on our website: >>> https://packagecloud.io/docs#os_distro_version >>> >>> For example, to force Ubuntu Trusty: os=ubuntu dist=trusty ./script.sh >>> >>> If you are running a supported OS, contact the owner of this >>> repository/package for further support. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/09/2026 02:24, Judd Montgomery wrote: >>>> Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu  24.04, which is noble.  I uploaded all of >>>> the packages to the equivalent Mint releases so you should not have to >>>> do anything special.  You don't need to specify os or dist variables. >>>> >>>> On my Ubuntu 26.04 system I added this file: >>>> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules >>>> # Palm handhelds — libusb access for pilot-link (pilot-xfer -p usb:) >>>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", >>>> TAG+="uaccess" >>>> >>>> The group that I need to be in is plugdev.  Your udev rules may specify >>>> a different group. >>>> >>>> Judd >>>> >>>> On 9/8/26 20:21, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I >>>>> recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. >>>>> >>>>> Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux >>>>> Mint forums:https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 >>>>> >>>>> Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since >>>>> that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the >>>>> version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I >>>>> used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. >>>>> >>>>> The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm >>>>> m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my >>>>> user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is >>>>> there something else I can try? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any help, >>>>> >>>>> Robin >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Military history author<https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media >>>>> <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> >>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org >> To unsubscribe send an email tojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org > -- > > Military history author <https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media > <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> > > _______________________________________________ > Jpilot mailing list -- jpilot@lists.jpilot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to jpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org

Just reporting back that adding "os=ubuntu dist=noble" made the install work, and creating the file at /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules meant it worked as a normal user. So everything is now working fully. Thank you for your help :-) Robin On 11/09/2026 17:45, Judd Montgomery wrote: > Yes, that should work. > > Judd > > On 9/11/26 06:28, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >> OK, that makes sense. >> >> So in the meantime, will it work if I add os=ubuntu dist=noble ? >> >> Robin >> >> >> >> On 11/09/2026 01:52, Judd Montgomery wrote: >>> Packagecloud.io only supports up to Mint 22.1 so there isn't much I can >>> do right now.  I'll upload packages when they add Mint 22.3. >>> >>> Judd >>> >>> On 9/9/26 10:45, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >>>> Adding your /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules file made it work as a >>>> normal user (my user was already in the plugdev group). So that's >>>> working now, which is great, thank you. >>>> >>>> >>>> But I tried installing again, on a Mint install of the same version, >>>> that I hadn't tried to install JPilot on before. This is what I got: >>>> >>>> $ curl -s >>>> https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/script.deb.sh | >>>> sudo bash >>>> Detected operating system as LinuxMint/zena. >>>> Checking for curl... >>>> Detected curl... >>>> Checking for gpg... >>>> Detected gpg... >>>> Detected apt version as 2.8.3 >>>> Running apt-get update... done. >>>> Installing apt-transport-https... done. >>>> Installing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/judd_jpilot.list...curl: (22) The >>>> requested URL returned error: 404 >>>> >>>> >>>> Unable to download repo config from: >>>> https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/judd/jpilot/config_file.list?os=LinuxMint&dist=zena&source=script >>>> >>>> This usually happens if your operating system is not supported by >>>> packagecloud.io, or this script's OS detection failed. >>>> >>>> You can override the OS detection by setting os= and dist= prior to >>>> running this script. >>>> You can find a list of supported OSes and distributions on our website: >>>> https://packagecloud.io/docs#os_distro_version >>>> >>>> For example, to force Ubuntu Trusty: os=ubuntu dist=trusty ./script.sh >>>> >>>> If you are running a supported OS, contact the owner of this >>>> repository/package for further support. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/09/2026 02:24, Judd Montgomery wrote: >>>>> Mint 22.3 is based on Ubuntu  24.04, which is noble.  I uploaded all of >>>>> the packages to the equivalent Mint releases so you should not have to >>>>> do anything special.  You don't need to specify os or dist variables. >>>>> >>>>> On my Ubuntu 26.04 system I added this file: >>>>> $ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/60-palm.rules >>>>> # Palm handhelds — libusb access for pilot-link (pilot-xfer -p usb:) >>>>> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0830", MODE="0660", GROUP="plugdev", >>>>> TAG+="uaccess" >>>>> >>>>> The group that I need to be in is plugdev.  Your udev rules may specify >>>>> a different group. >>>>> >>>>> Judd >>>>> >>>>> On 9/8/26 20:21, Robin Phillips via Jpilot wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been using JPilot on Ubuntu for a while without any issues. I >>>>>> recently switched to Linux Mint, and I'm having some trouble. >>>>>> >>>>>> Initially, I couldn't install JPilot. I found this post on the Linux >>>>>> Mint forums:https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=452375 >>>>>> >>>>>> Using the command given there, I was able to install JPilot. But since >>>>>> that post was written, Linux Mint 22.3 was released, and that's the >>>>>> version I'm running. So I just wanted to make sure that the parameters I >>>>>> used (os=ubuntu dist=jammy) are still the best ones. >>>>>> >>>>>> The other issue I'm having is that JPilot will only sync with my Palm >>>>>> m505 if I run it as root. I had that same issue on Ubuntu, but adding my >>>>>> user to the dialout group fixed it. That hasn't fixed it on Mint, so is >>>>>> there something else I can try? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for any help, >>>>>> >>>>>> Robin >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Military history author<https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media >>>>>> <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org >>> To unsubscribe send an emailtojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org >> -- >> >> Military history author<https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media >> <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org >> To unsubscribe send an email tojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org > _______________________________________________ > Jpilot mailing list --jpilot@lists.jpilot.org > To unsubscribe send an email tojpilot-leave@lists.jpilot.org -- Military history author <https://russellphillips.uk/> : Social media <https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook>