Help creating an UBSync arm64 version

[Luksus]

@ernest : Hi, great that you are still here
First: I wish you all the best for your current situation.

I tried your arm64 build, sadly it's the same behaviour as in my own builds: "job failed to start" on pressing the button "Start" in the Sync Sevice settings.

Maybe the issue is my phone and not the app...

[ernest]

@Luksus
To troubleshoot you have to look at the app log and the nextcloudcmd/owncloudcmd log.

[poVoq]

@Luksus said in Help creating an UBSync arm64 version:

Maybe the issue is my phone and not the app...

Well, to be honest, I have not actually tried to set it up completely. I just installed and tested if it runs so far. So the version might not work on recent UT versions.

[Luksus]

@ernest Where do I find the nextcloudcmd/owncloudcmd logs?
The app log itself is not very helpful:

qml: Accounts.qml - onButtonClicked - Start Sync daemon
ServiceControl::setServiceRunning: true
should start service
start: Job failed to start

And from which sources did you compile the libowncloudsync (nextcloud equivalent)?

[ernest]

@Luksus
I don't recall in detail but within the log folder of the user, do a find to locate it.
for the source : https://github.com/owncloud/client

[kugiigi]

I've also tried the arm64 version on my Xperia X and get the same issue. I haven;t investigated deep yet though. In any case, thank you for your work and hopefully someone can help us with this

[ernest]

@kugiigi
Hum, strange or bad app design

I just tried it on my H9 OP3T and it works, to enable the sync I HAD to put a frequency... on "No Sync" the app then seems to sync even when pushing the button sync (Which we might think it would trig a manual sync) ...

@Luksus
For the log :
cat .cache/upstart/OwncloudSyncd.log

[Luksus]

@ernest said in Help creating an UBSync arm64 version:

For the log :
cat .cache/upstart/OwncloudSyncd.log

Hm no, that file does not exist... which is one more indicator for, that owncloudsync daemon could not be started.

[ernest]

@Luksus
Are you using my version or yours ?

[Luksus]

@ernest Yours. I already deleted UBSync multiple times to get sure.

Edit:
Hm, I will check it again... the file creation dates of the lib files, look like the ones I created myself.

Edit2:
Ah no, it is definitely yours, the files where created on the 26th November 2019.

[poVoq]

Maybe a different library could be used? Something like this?
https://github.com/strukturag/qwebdavlib/tree/devel

Edit: or maybe these in Python:
https://github.com/hevp/compact-dav
https://github.com/alexnsl/nc-sync

Edit or in Rust:
https://github.com/budde25/nextcloud-client-cli

[ernest]

@Luksus

If you want to start manually the daemon this is the command:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/click.ubuntu.com/ubsync/current/Owncloud-Sync/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/ && /opt/click.ubuntu.com/ubsync/current/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/OwncloudSyncd

You can play with it according to : https://doc.owncloud.org/desktop/2.1/advancedusage.html

An example of output.
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/R3DwRYtxmR/

Looking back at the code, I remember why I didn't push the arm64 ... the type of architecture is hardcoded and i don't know the c++, making the journey quite hard. So any help is welcome for that.

[Luksus]

@ernest thanks.
Interestingly the command works and my folder gets synced: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/CXf3VWmB3n/
After executing the command, the app also shows a "last-synced" date. The service status still is "Stopped".

So the service just cannot be started by the app. Perhaps it is an AppArmor issue?!

[ernest]

@Luksus
On my side the app doesn't any issue on a fresh install ;), so I doubt apparmor.

likely while playing you messed up something.
please ensure that the file is correct, as below.

Look into .config/ubsync/ubsync.conf, ensure that your timer is different than 0

[Luksus]

@ernest Ha, that's it!
In that file the exec was referring to the wron path: ..../arm-linux-gnueabihf/...
I changed it to "aarch64-linux-gnu" and now it works!

Obviously that file is not getting purged, when clearing app data with UT-Tweak-Tool, because it is not part of the app-directory...

Edit:
Hm, but it is still not possible to trigger a sync from within the app.
There is an error that it could not find libowncloudsync.so.0: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/Wzp55yHnvq/

But I can still trigger the sync with the terminal command.

[ernest]

@Luksus
I wouldn't be surprise there is a remaining bit of armhf code somewhere.(How were you able to install it ??? on arm64 phone)

I suggest to remove the app and search manually for any ubsync and Nextcloud or Owncloud related, then delete them.
like sudo find / -iname "ubsync"

[Luksus]

@ernest I cleaned up everything and reinstalled your version. And now it works.

How were you able to install it ??? on arm64 phone

I built an arm64 version of ubsync... but the contained pre-compiled owncloud libraries were still armhf. And I think the qmake .pro-file did also create armhf path's and so on...

[ernest]

@Luksus Yes, the architecture is hardcoded everywhere in this app

[ruedigerkupper]

@luksus I tried changing the path in OwncloudSyncd.conf as you described and the sync client works. Is there any chance of getting this into the OpenStore? How can I help?
(See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/owncloud-sync/+bug/1896387)

[Luksus]

@ruedigerkupper I think @ernest just should put his arm64 version in the store...