A workaround about Troodon's multisync in Linux with USB

[Halftux]

Hello all Motorolafans,

I wanted to install a compatible multisync for the A780. But i couldn't find a good tutorial for a new system.
A good source for all configuration and how should it work is Troodon's hompage. The Problem is to compile the
needed old software. Now i found a way to run multisync on Debian (Etch) and Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and maybe someone is interested in.

First you need a working MACKconnectivityconnection over usb or bluetooth. You will find enough information in this forum.
I will show you only how to make a script for a usb-connection. To use the script you need to edit one file from the
MACKconnectivitypack. This tutorial is made for the usb-connection (192.168.1.1) if you want to use bluetooth (192.168.1.3) you
need to change the ip-adress in the configurations or follow Troodon's tutorial.

http://www.troodon.org/a780/a780-linux-howto.htm

MACK
====

open:
/diska/.system/QTDownLoad/mack/iptables/inet-bt

original:
/tmp/mack/iptables/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o gprsv0 -j ROUTE --gw 192.168.1.3

change to:
/tmp/mack/iptables/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o gprsv0 -j ROUTE --gw 192.168.1.1

make a script on a linux-box

vi routing.sh
chmod a+x routing.sh

#!/bin/sh
pppd /dev/ttyACM0 noauth 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 local
while ! ping -c 1 192.168.1.2 >/dev/null 2>&1 ; do echo -n "."; sleep 1; done
iptables -D FORWARD -i ppp0 -j ACCEPT >/dev/null 2>&1
iptables -I FORWARD -i ppp0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -D FORWARD -o ppp0 -j ACCEPT >/dev/null 2>&1
iptables -I FORWARD -o ppp0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s 10.1.1.1 -j MASQUERADE >/dev/null 2>&1
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -s 10.1.1.1 -j MASQUERADE
route add 10.1.1.1 dev ppp0
cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward >/dev/null;
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward;
fi;
echo Ready.

Only a bit help for the MACKconnectivityconnection but otherwise it would be to long.



Multisync
======

Now we come to our multisync problem.

I have installed these follow pakets:

gcc
gpp
g++
gawk
g77
texinfo
patch
autoconf
autotools-dev
libexpat1-dev
libglib2.0-dev
libgnomeui-dev
libssl-dev

automake (its special and explained later)

Maybe not all are needed like (gawk g77 texinfo) but i dont know. They were helpful
to remove some messages during the configuration procedure.


Download these files from Troodon and multisync0.82 from sourceforge.net in one download directory .

syncml_plugin_a780.patch
wbxml2-0.9.0-patched.tar.gz
multisync-0.82-1.tar.bz2

Now install automake-1.4 and no other.

tar xvzf wbxml2-0.9.0-patched.tar.gz
cd wbxml2-0.9.0
./bootstrap
./configure
make
sudo make install

I don't know if it's necessary but i have made a folder named "wbxml2" in "/usr/local/include" and copied
all wbxml* files from "/usr/local/include" to "/usr/local/include/wbxml2".
Because i have heard that multisync will find them there. Never checked it without but you can try.


Now remove automake-1.4 and install automake (Version 1.10).

cd /usr/share/
mkdir automake-1.6

Copy the content from automake-1.10 to automake-1.6

Another way is to make a symlink to that folder - what you like.

Now we come to multisync and the syncml_plugin. Go back to your download directory.

tar xvjf multisync multisync-0.82-1.tar.bz2
cd multisync-0.82
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..

patch -p0 < syncml_plugin_a780.patch
cd multisync-0.82/plugin/syncml_plugin
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..

For another Plugin to test the connection (multisync-0.82/plugin/backup_plugin).

cd backup_plugin
./configure
make
sudo make install

Now we need to configure multisync.

export MULTISYNC_DEBUG=1
multisync

Configuration
==========

First plugin: SyncML
Options:
SyncML Role: SyncML server: Accept connections
Connection: http://< this computer >:5079/sync
Authentication: username and password is what you like


Second plugin: Backup
Choose a Backup directory (you can make for example in your profile "a780backup" folder)

The configuration for the A780 sync programm (USB).

Contacts: contacts
Calendar: events
Tasks: todo
Server name: http://192.168.1.1:5079/sync
User name: <username_syncml_plugin>
Password: <password_syncml_plugin>
Data connection: USB-PPP

The configuration for the A780 Connection Profile (USB).

Profilname: usb-ppp
GPRS APN: 192.168.1.1
Timeout: off

This is the point where all should be installed and configured.


- make a working usb-ppp (leoppp) connection check with ifconfig
- start the script ./routing.sh
- run MackInetBT.lin
- run multisync and enable the checkbox from your profile
- run sync program on A780
- press SyncML OTA


Ready and congratulations you have successful transferred your data!!!

Good luck and fun with this tutorial i hope it is helpfull.

For all the german speaking people i have made a tutorial here:

http://www.setius.net/a780_syncml.html

And sorry for my english.

[swifty]

Danke!

[sblackett]

Thanks for this help.
I have been successful syncing my e680i with multisync0.90 bundled with Ubuntu Gutsy without modification.
Basically I set up the MackConnectivity and setup multisync.
You make a pair, one of which is the syncml-http-server and I have used either filesync or evolution sync for the other.
There is no nice gui for multisync syncml-http-server configuration but the entries seem pretty self explanatory
Here are mine:
<config><username>syncml</username><password>syncml</password><url>/sync</url><port>5079</port><usestringtable>0</usestringtable><onlyreplace>0</onlyreplace><recvLimit>0</recvLimit><maxObjSize>0</maxObjSize><contact_db>contacts</contact_db><calendar_db>events</calendar_db><note_db>notes</note_db></config>
You hit refresh on the multisync group and then sync on your phone.

[Halftux]

I had some time to discover what sblackett has done.

So i tried with Debian Etch multisync0.90 was not working only multisynctools. You need to do the configuration per console.

Under Debian Lenny multisync0.90 (0.92.0) is working like a text editor.

I installed following packages:
- libopensync0 *opensync
- multisync0.90 *multisync
- opensync-plugin-evolution *sync mit Evolution 2.x
- opensync-plugin-file *sync mit backup
- opensync-plugin-syncml *syncml http server

Start multisync0.90 add a group.
Add two members to the group:
(disable data + note)
SyncML over HTTP Server
Evolution 2.x

For the SyncML HTTP Server you can use sblackett configuration.
Routing the packets and the configuration on the phone is the same like first post.

[Statik]

I followed this, trogdon's and the german tutorial, and I managed to get my A780 to connect and sync its data to files. Now I can't get it to sync again. Everything seems the same, but I stall at the Slow Syncing stage. There doesn't seem to be a working syncml server.

I didn't change any settings, just shutdown the laptop for the night and rebooted the phone when the fake connection didn't want to go away. Now I can't seem to get it to work again.

Is there a way to test the ppp connection from the phone?

What other tools can I use to find out where the sync is breaking down?

Thanks,

Statik

[Halftux]

To test the ppp connection you can check with ifconfig and ping.

However you also need a working routing you can check with "route -n" and ping maybe Google from the phone.

To check multisync type in the console:

export MULTISYNC_DEBUG=1
multisync0.90

You need to refresh multisync before press syncml ota on phone.

With "netstat -tulnap" sshd should listen on port 5079.

You can see incoming traffic with "iftop -i ppp0".

If you have problems with routing there is also a nice application here called ishare. If you want to install it you need to remove the mack pack.

Btw which connection type you trying BT or USB?

[Statik]

I was able to install ekonsole on the phone and with it ping 192.168.1.1 and see the traffic in the resources tab of Ubuntu's system monitor. I am currently installing iftop to see if I can see more. I could also see the syncml packets on the same monitor.

I could not ping google.ca as it was an unknown host

I could not ping 74.125.91.104 (google.ca's domain) although I could see the data on the network monitor.

Running iftop as instructed, ping 192.168.1.1 on the phone produces output on iftop. Sync on phone produces data incoming from 10.1.1.1 to 192.168.1.2, but nothing returning. 300b RX'd on laptop, nothing TX.

Did a reinstall of all associated programs and plugins on Ubuntu (Synaptic, right-click-reinstall). Made no difference.

statik@statik-laptop:~$ multisync0.90
The previous synchronization was unclean. Slow-syncing

also:

statik@statik-laptop:~$ sudo iftop -i ppp0
interface: ppp0
IP address is: 192.168.1.1
MAC address is: 00:00:00:00:00:00
statik@statik-laptop:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 eth1
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth1
0.0.0.0         192.168.2.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth1

I'm convinced its Ubuntu's sync utils somewhere. Just have to find where.

Statik

[Halftux]

I am sorry to say but the problem is your routing.
The hostroute shouldn't be the ppp0 interface from phone (192.168.1.2), it should be the fake gprs (10.1.1.1) over ppp0. So your sync application on your phone cant get any packets back they will stray some where on ppp0.
Thats also the reason why you cant get ping replay from any webpage.

Can you do a route -n on your phone with active ppp and mack init?
If you need the command i can post it here.
I will do it on my phone and pc that you can have a look how it should be.

[Halftux]

So your Hostroute is not wrong but also not necessary. You definitely need one to your fake gprs.
Here is a route picture I took long time ago [picture].

And now here is the configuration from current laptop.

Kernel-IP-Routentabelle
Ziel            Router          Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
10.1.1.1        0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.168.0   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth0
0.0.0.0         192.168.168.230 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

And here from my phone:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
10.0.0.0        0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 gprsv0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     0      0        0 gprsv0

So I used the ishare package its same like from Mack only preconfigured. If you want to install it you need to remove the Mack Pack (/diska/.system/QTDownLoad/mack). You will find a detailed discription if you follow the link.

[Statik]

I don't know why it worked previously, but I hadn't created and run the routing.sh script. I did that and voila' it works!

Must make sure to read ALL the instructions.

As a side-note, here is the route:

statik@statik-laptop:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.2     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
10.1.1.1        0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 ppp0
192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 eth1
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth1
0.0.0.0         192.168.2.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth1
statik@statik-laptop:~$

Looks kinda familiar.

I'll try it a few more times each way to make sure it works. Hopefully this survives several reboots.

Thanks,

Statik