Hi Chris, Thanks for the help, I am still trying catchup with your replies.
On 09/03/2015 12:03 PM, Chris Frey wrote: > On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 11:42:35AM -0400, Jim Robinson wrote: >> Found the message in the mail list where it was suggested a problem >> with the password. >> >> so tried >> btool -t -P pwd > > If you forget to include your password, the device can be left in > a state that Barry can't recover from. Try unplugging your device, and > trying again *with* the password. Sometimes the breset command will > suffice to get it working again. Thanks for that tip. I was going to test today with locking my BBerry and see all still works. so will try btool -t -P pwd & Barry desktop. breset == BlackBerry reset? I also found another one bidentify Are there any more. >> Big Change >>> escau@escau-desktop:~$ btool -l >>> Blackberry devices found: >>> Device ID: 0x8ec42f0. PIN: 2a11554d, Description: RIM BlackBerry Device, >>> Name: Touch >>> escau@escau-desktop:~$ btool -t >>> Blackberry devices found: >>> Device ID: 0x8f882f0. PIN: 2a11554d, Description: RIM BlackBerry Device, >>> Name: Touch >>> Using device (PIN): 2a11554d >>> Database database: >>> Database: 0x0 'Address Book' (records: 39) >>> Database: 0x1 'Address Book - All' (records: 39) >>> Database: 0x2 'Address Book - Last Used Hints' (records: 1) >>> Database: 0x3 'Address Book Options' (records: 1) > > Excellent :-) Yes but only after unlocking my BBerry. > > >> Back to Barry desktop. >> now browse database works, I was able to see my databases. >> Backup and Restore worked >> I was able to do a Backup not tried a restore as yet!! > > In the backup program, you can restore individual databases. The process > of restoring will erase the database, and then add all records back. > So limiting to only the database you want to test with, is a good start. I am keeping copies as I go through the testing process I restored an older backup, checked the BBerry and yes the changes that I had made to memo database, I had made using browse databases, had been removed. Then restored the latest version and the changes were back in place so it seems that backup and restore are working correctly. > > >> Then back to trying to use the link to Evolution. Perhaps I will need to >> learn a lot more on how to use it. Evolution that is. > > Opensync is indeed a different beast, and I'd say it is more tricky to > get working than Barry itself. But with fresh backups, experimenting > can be fun, and syncing is the payoff at the end. :-) > > I'd recommend sticking with opensync 0.4x, especially since you have it > installed. > I was going to ask that question especially since the web searches seem to 60& use 0.22 and 40% 0.40. Also osynctool does not seem as easy to use, as there are fewer examples on the web. Also the structure of the conf files seems to have changed. > Note that it is possible to backup and restore from the command line, > using the bio tool, Another command that I did not know about, are there any more? as well as running opensync from the command line, > using osynctool. During testing, you might want to script things, > so you can setup your sync plugins, configs, etc, and do it repeatedly > from scratch if you need to, and save some typing. > Yes I was thinking using aliases and scripts. Also I find that osynctool --configure is a pain as I believe that it uses vim as the editor. I found the locations of the .conf files and use nano. I use aliases all the time to backup a file before editing a file. E.g. for fstab Aliases look like alias fstab_cp='sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_20150904_09:42' alias fstab_ed='sudo nano /etc/fstab' generate from a part of script file alias fstab_cp="sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H:%M)" alias fstab_ed="sudo nano /etc/fstab" A new question, or questions Does barrybackup backup all of your BlackBerry ID information i.e. PIN messenger number etc.? Since I have managed to get Barrydesktop to work on 12.04 is it a valid experiment to try on 14.04. Ubuntu say that it is supported and use the files including opensync that I downloaded from your web site. Best Wishes and Thanks Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Barry-devel mailing list Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel
