[maemo-users] syncevolution (was: GPE calendar sync?)

[From: Uwe Kaminski]

Am Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:37:28 +0200
schrieb Patrick Ohly <Patrick.Ohly at gmx.de>:

> On So, 2008-06-08 at 15:53 +0200, Uwe Kaminski wrote:
> > syncevolution never worked when i tried to use it. Actually I
> > installed it again and started it:
> >
> > ----
> > ~ $ syncevolution 
> > address books:
> > <<system>> (file:///home/user/.osso-abook/db)
> > 
> > calendars:
> > Personal (file:///home/user/.evolution/calendar/local/system)
> > 
> > memos:
> > 15:25:16 GMT +0200 [ERROR] - list: unable to access calendars:
> > failure
> 
> It finds your address book and your calendar, but you don't have any
> notes. SyncEvolution would support it, but the Evolution Data Server
> backend on Maemo doesn't. Besides, there is no GUI either.
> 
> The error above during listing databases can be ignored, but
> synchronizing memos has to be disabled in the configuration. If you
> use 0.7, then follow the normal setup instructions [1] plus the Maemo
> specific remarks [2].

Thank you a lot, Patrick i made it work with version 0.7. My fault was
that i did not set the non adresses ressources to 'none'.

I'll test it next day - it seems to be a very  good solution for
syncing the standard osso adress book. :-)

Ciao Uwe

> > Where is a good step by step description? I don't found one...
> 
> I have to admit that the setup procedure is unnecessarily complex and
> on top of that, the Maemo specific remarks are probably too easy to
> overlook. 0.8 will considerably simplify the setup procedure. If you
> want to, please try that version instead; see [3].
> 
> As a stop-gap measure I have extended the "Getting Started" page with
> a pointer to the additional information.
> 
> Maintaining n different step-by-step descriptions for each platform
> would lead to code, ehm, text duplication (the horror of every
> programmer), so instead I'm working on making on step-by-step guide
> work on all platforms ;-}
> 
> [1] http://www.estamos.de/projects/SyncML/GettingStarted.html
> [2]
> http://www.estamos.de/projects/SyncML/Compatibility.html#Supported+Platforms
> [3] http://www.estamos.de/blog/2008/04/20/syncevolution-08-alpha-1/
>