asked 2013-12-26 09:02:43 +0200
I used to sync my Nokia N900 with https://syncevolution.org/. I miss this on Jolla. I cannot use Exchange as I'm not using Outlook. Syncing contacts and calendar information with my PC is vital for me. Please provide support for SyncEvolution on SailfishOS.
answered 2014-01-28 18:21:44 +0200
In the Beta Warehouse you can download SyncEvolution for Sailfish OS.
It should. The Buteo answer was written before SyncEvolution was available (you can see it now at https://openrepos.net/content/ovekaaven/syncevolution). The Buteo framework comes with Jolla (just as it did with the N9), while SyncEvolution is a third-party sync framework. Now you can choose.
ovekaaven ( 2014-01-29 00:48:03 +0200 )editWorks like a charm! Using it with baikal DAV server (http://baikal-server.com).
s61l0r ( 2014-02-04 23:10:49 +0200 )editanswered 2013-12-28 02:40:07 +0200
Just like the N9, Jolla uses the Buteo framework, with SyncML plugin. There's no GUI for it yet, so it needs manual configuration. If you had the sync set up on the N9, simply copy the files. Otherwise, use the info for the N9. Only difference: on Jolla config files are stored in /etc/buteo/profiles. You will need developer mode enabled, and switch to root before editing/copying files.
More info here and here(and search for "buteo" on talk.maemo.org) Buteo info on Mer / Nemo project wiki seems incorrect. The separate "service" and "sync" config files seem to be a must.
Heads up: I do have issues syncing some contacts, but that is not actually related to Buteo. I need to investigate further.
@Fuzzillogic: had a look now at the configuration files and the links you provided. would be nice to have some example configuration files and some more explanations, though. Can you help here?
stephan ( 2014-01-03 10:43:11 +0200 )edit@stephan See http://pastebin.com/B40QHcWR and http://pastebin.com/4A6g6WYi for my configuration icw memotoo. Titles are the exact pathnames. The info on Buteo on Nemo project wiki seems outdated and/or incorrect, so I don't have more details. Sync Jolla -> memotoo doesn't seem to be functional. :(
Fuzzillogic ( 2014-01-04 14:28:02 +0200 )edit@Fuzzillogic thanks a lot, I'll have a look at it and give it a try - although I have low hopes. What I really need would be a gui-tool to trigger synchronization manually (when I'm home for instance). well, I think I'll have to wait for that ...
stephan ( 2014-01-06 22:52:03 +0200 )editanswered 2014-01-08 01:55:07 +0200
At the "syncevolution-request@syncevolution.org" mailing list ovek has posted information about attempts to port syncevolution to Sailfilsh. The last message was:
Den 06. jan. 2014 16:43, skrev Ove K?ven:
OK, it took me all weekend and then some, but I think I've got a somewhat functional rpm now. I uploaded what I've got so far to: http://people.debian.org/~ovek/sailfish/
After testing importing/syncing contacts, I've now done a small fix and uploaded again. For some undetermined reason, the "readback" (fetching the saved contact back) in writeItem doesn't read anything back (thus causing a crash), even though the new contact is saved succesfully, but that code is also probably not needed on Sailfish (the sqlite engine code I've studied seems to update the timestamps properly), so I've disabled that. Now syncing should hopefully work without crashing...
Also, added LD_FLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed", so now the rpm shouldn't depend on cppunit and stuff anymore, I think...
I have tested by installing the rpm with "rpm -ivh path/to/downloaded.rpm" and then I copied the syncevolution configs from the N9 ~/.config/syncevolution folder to a new folder ~/.config/syncevolution on the Jolla. This did not work. I issued the configuration commands as I once did on the N9 manually (by ssh-ing to the Jolla) and then it worked. Synced around 1300 contacts from my owncloud server. As far as I can judge, it worked well. But I have not investigated much in detail yet.
Yes, and now that the rpms are mostly stable and contain a GUI, I'm also uploading them to OpenRepos. The source code will still be available from http://people.debian.org/~ovek/sailfish/
ovekaaven ( 2014-01-29 00:56:03 +0200 )editThank you for porting! It's great and working for me with OwnCloud!
http://linux.bigga.de/details/sync-calendar-and-contacts-on-jolla-with-owncloud-using-syncevolution/
Alexander ( 2014-02-04 11:07:43 +0200 )editanswered 2014-02-09 12:43:54 +0200
As described in https://together.jolla.com/question/22198/sync-sailfish-addresses-and-calendar-with-memotoo/, syncevolution installs out of the box directly on the jolla and works flawlessly to synchronise with memotoo, even with a very large address and calendar database.
Asked: 2013-12-26 09:02:43 +0200
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Related: https://together.jolla.com/question/617/external-calendar-entries/
otto ( 2013-12-27 15:18:36 +0200 )edit