... which revealed that the database is Personal with CAPITAL P. I am embarrassed to say that changing this made it work, and I didn't for some reason get the E_BOOK_IS... error I did before.
Although the article I followed on askubuntu specificed "personal" with small p; I don't have points enough to comment on that post to point this out - maybe someone with enough would? The address again: http://askubuntu.com/questions/606020/how-to-sync-contacts-and-the-calendar-on-ubuntu-touch-with-owncloud Thanks for the input, everyone! On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 09:48 +0200, Marcus Esser wrote: > You could try > > syncevolution --print-databases > > It lists all the related databases that were present on my device and > the ones I created manually. > > On 08/05/15 08:16, Louis Holbrook (for subscriptions only, don't use) wrote: > > Thanks, but same problem, although I installed in english and am > > norwegian, so I tried all three options. > > > > Is there any way to figure out what the database is called? I guess > > making a new database won't help things, as the contacts app only reads > > from the default one? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 08:00 +0200, Marcus Esser wrote: > >> It worked for me as described here: > >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/616081/ubuntu-touch-add-contact-list-and-calendars > >> > >> In my case the data base name was not "personal" but "Persönlich", > >> assumingly as the first language chosen on my device was German. > >> > >> On 08/05/15 07:54, Louis Holbrook (for subscriptions only, don't use) > >> wrote: > >>> I tried syncing my owncloud install with this very clear and informative > >>> guide: > >>> > >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/606020/how-to-sync-contacts-and-the-calendar-on-ubuntu-touch-with-owncloud > >>> > >>> The first time it ran it seemed to work. It received the contacts from > >>> owncloud, and a bunch of "adding to addressbook"-lines were output. It > >>> terminated with something like: > >>> > >>> "E_BOOK_IS_... assert failed" (I since lost the specific flag name, > >>> hasn't happened since). > >>> > >>> Since then, I only get: > >>> > >>> "First ERROR encountered: error code from SyncEvolution fatal error > >>> (local, status 10500): @default/contacts: database not found: > >>> 'personal'" > >>> > >>> I tried with database name "contacts" too, since that's the name of the > >>> file in ~/.local/share/evolution/addressbooks/system/ but same thing > >>> happened. > >>> > >>> Do I have the wrong name of the address book, or did the first round > >>> wreck something that needs to be changed back, perhaps? > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

