cannot sync with Windows Mobile device

[Kyle Martin]

OS: 8.10 amd64
multisync version:0.90.0.91
plugins used: synce-opensync-plugin, evo2-sync
I was able to get this to work the first time, but since then I have not been able to resync my phone. When I try to sync it, I get an error message saying: "Error syncronizing: Unable to read from one of the members". Also, when I look at my logs, whenever I try to sync I get the following message:
Oct 28 20:47:38 kyle-laptop kernel: [ 803.309527] osplugin[7996] general protection ip:7f5842af62d0 sp:7fff4d57f858 error:0 in libpython2.5.so.1.0[7f5842a6e000+13c000]

[Kyle Martin (martikj2-deactivatedaccount)]

Somehow I think I got it to work by resetting my computer.

[ThorstenHackbarth (thorsten-hackbarth)]

Same error message here:

osplugin[11034] general protection ip:7faff3aa92d0 sp:7ffffe3034e8 error:0 in libpython2.5.so.1.0[7faff3a21000+13c000]

but it works anyway.

System: ubuntu 8.10
2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

According to the howto I sync like this:

#!/bin/bash
synce-sync-engine > synce-sync-engine.log &
msynctool --sync synce-sync
killall synce-sync-engine

[theweak (torwald-sms)]

Initially I had the same issue. After playing with Thorsten's script I think I'm one step further.

One remark to the script, I changed the logging to grab the whole output of synce-sync-engine:
synce-sync-engine > synce-sync-engine.log 2>&1 &

However I do get the same error in /var/log/messages, which seems to be not the problem. After looking at the log file (synce-sync-engine.log) I noticed following error:

File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/SyncEngine/formats/conversions.py", line 390, in event_recurrence_to_airsync
raise ValueError("Yearly events which are by month must either specify BYMONTHDAY or BYDAY rules")

Don't know if this is causing the problems. After syncing no calendar entries neither from the device nor evolution are synchronized.

[Carsten Schlote (carsten-schlote)]

Same problem here as described above, but using version 0.13 from PPA and synce-hal. I also had to fixup the ipaq kernel module. rra tools and ppp link to WM2003 device is working.

msynctools --sync ipaq
...
Member 1 of type evo2-sync just sent all changes
Member 2 of type synce-opensync-plugin had an error while getting changes: Error during get_changeinfo() method
DEBUG:SynCE:disconnect() called
Member 2 of type synce-opensync-plugin just disconnected
...
The sync failed: Unable to read from one of the members
DEBUG:SynCE:finalize() called
Error while synchronizing: Unable to read from one of the members
csc@tantalus:~/src/ipaq$

Feb 2 00:04:42 tantalus kernel: [12219.573353] osplugin[21124] general protection ip:7f7b055722d0 sp:7fff0fffbd18 error:0 in libpython2.5.so.1.0[7f7b054ea000+13c000]

It's the second time I tried to get the old PDA working with evolution. This time I got the ipaq driver working, and I can connect to the device, use synce-gvfs and rra tools to query PDA data. So only a opensync plugin problem.

Tell what to fix and where and I will do it ;-) I can't give up now being that near to success ...

[theweak (torwald-sms)]

nobody else has a similar issue or can help us?

something new, after I'd to hard reset my device, I could synchronize it the following way (but unfortunately only once!)
note: I almost kept all previously created settings/files on my computer. that's how it worked:
- create new partnership on device (synce-create-partnership...)
- removed the old partnership directory on my computer under: ~/.synce/partnerships/
- removed the old synce-db files under ~/.evolution/calendar/... and ~/.evolution/addressbook/... (e.g. calendar/local/system/calendar.ics-synce-sync.db

that's it. after the first successful synchronization I got all entries on my mobile. after that, same problem again... any updates on my evolution calendar couldn't get synchronized anymore...

[blu Jay (gordon-hammond)]

We are closing this bug report because it has not been updated for some time. Please reopen it if you have more information to submit, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[timgoh0 (timgoh0)]

Lucid machine here, with multisync 0.92.0~svn355-2. Synchronizations with the synce-opensync-plugin and evo2-sync appear to succeed with no error messages, however, no calendar synchronization happens. After a sync, syslog contains

osplugin[7688] general protection ip:7f6d3ffc3f30 sp:7fff88448f18 error:0 in libpython2.6.so.1.0[7f6d3ff18000+23e000]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.