[04:34] <StepNjump_> hi guys, I wonder if someone could possibly help me
[04:35] <StepNjump_> I have problem synchronizing
[22:07] <iwo> hey, when i execute u1sync commands the tool seems to either take forever (no sign of completing) with no output, or do nothing
[22:07] <iwo> does anyone know why this might be?
[22:08] <iwo> is it using a really slow host by default? (is there an alternative host i can use?)
[22:14] <iwo> i'm trying to run a headless ubuntu one set-up on my home file server
[22:14] <iwo> as per http://per.liedman.net/2011/01/22/using-ubuntu-one-for-backup-on-a-headless-server/
[22:15] <karni> iwo: Hiya. Please drop by Mon-Fri, a little earlier than now. You should then meet much more people here that will be able to help.
[22:21] <duanedesign> iwo: you might check out sil's comments on that post. He mentions a better way to get the oauth token
[22:23] <duanedesign> hmmm, there appears to be something misshing from those steps
[22:41] <iwo> karni: okay, will do
[22:42] <iwo> duanedesign: i have the oauth token and secret (got from my passwords as described in the blog)
[22:53] <iwo> duanedesign: thank you! after using Roman Yepishev's script to generate a new token, u1sync has started to work!
[22:53] <iwo> cheers :)
[22:53] <duanedesign> iwo: great
[22:53] <duanedesign> iwo: good to hear
[22:55] <iwo> hmm, maybe not
[22:55] <iwo> my init command was successful, but now i can't seem to do diffs or sync successfully
[22:56] <iwo> feels like maybe my problems are simply down to a slow, intermittent server connection
[22:57] <duanedesign> hmm, it could be.
[22:58] <duanedesign> we were having some intermittent connection issues. We were adding some servers and other steps to deal with the increase in traffic that was causing these issues
[22:58] <duanedesign> iwo: did your setup create a syncdaemon.log anywere
[22:59] <duanedesign> ~/.cache/ubuntuone/log/syncdaemon.log    is the default location
[23:01] <iwo> no, unfortunately no syncdaemon.log on my system anywhere
[23:01] <iwo> the only log file i have is: ~/.cache/ubuntuone/log/u1sync.log
[23:01] <iwo> but it's 0 bytes :(
[23:03] <iwo> i'm trying to run a headless instance by invoking u1sync (only), so no daemons
[23:05] <iwo> ah yes, one attempt was suddenly successful :D
[23:05] <iwo> so my commands (and config) are correct
[23:05] <iwo> just connectivity probs then i guess
[23:09] <iwo> don't like how u1sync seems to hang when it can't connect :\ i guess i may end up with many hung instances over time :\
[23:13] <dobey> u1sync? you shouldn't use u1sync
[23:13] <iwo> dobey: do you have an alternative?
[23:13] <dobey> ubuntuone-client
[23:14] <iwo> can this work in a headless environment?
[23:14] <dobey> not easily or in an official manner, but yes
[23:15] <iwo> do you have any kind of guide available?
[23:15] <dobey> i don't. i think rye might have blogged one at some point
[23:17] <iwo> so it's also unofficial, do you think it will be more stable (etc) than u1sync?
[23:18] <iwo> seems like 90% of my requests using u1sync just hang
[23:18] <iwo> but i guess this must be network problems
[23:18] <dobey> it will certainly be more stable than u1sync, which is basically unmaintained, and no longer even included in ubuntu
[23:18] <iwo> annoying because it gives no output to show where the problem might be
[23:18] <iwo> (i guess i need wireshark)
[23:18] <dobey> i guess you must still be on lucid
[23:20] <iwo> yup
[23:20] <iwo> (on this server anyway)
[23:22] <iwo> i guess i'd need to use the gnome keyring like this:
[23:22] <iwo> http://superuser.com/questions/141036/use-of-gnome-keyring-daemon-without-x
[23:24] <dobey> you just need a token. you can put the oauth token in ~/.config/ubuntuone/syncdaemon.conf (i forget what secion and keys to use for it though)
[23:24] <dobey> you will need a dbus session bus running, though