Sync doesn't work on Ubuntu

[laurent22]

Sync doesn't work on Ubuntu

[tranduyhung]

I can access the URL.

When the app first runs, this error is in the Console tab:

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: reg.syncTargets is not a function
    at Object.reg.syncHasAuth (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/lib/registry.js:86)
    at timeoutCallback (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/lib/registry.js:110)

After Synchronise is clicked:

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: reg.oneDriveApi is not a function
    at Object.shared.synchronize_press (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/lib/components/shared/side-menu-shared.js:39)
    at SideBarComponent.sync_click (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/gui/SideBar.min.js:161)
    at onClick (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/gui/SideBar.min.js:252)
    at HTMLUnknownElement.callCallback (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:540)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackDev (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:579)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallback (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:436)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackAndCatchFirstError (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:450)
    at executeDispatch (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:834)
    at executeDispatchesInOrder (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:856)
    at executeDispatchesAndRelease (/tmp/.mount_JoplinDrGI4A/app/resources/app/node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.development.js:954)

Although this ticket is for Ubuntu, I use Debian Buster, maybe it is the same problem.

[laurent22]

I haven't managed to replicate this on Ubuntu 17.04. Is it the issue where you click on Synchronise and there's just a white page with no error?

[tranduyhung]

If nothing happens when clicking Synchronise, it is the same to my issue on Debian Buster. Everything is working except Synchronise button does nothing.

[laurent22]

Yes this is really weird, they mentioned this in the omgubuntu article as well. I will try to run it on an Ubuntu 17.10 VM to see if I can replicate it.

[laurent22]

For those having this problem, would you mind running the app with the dev tools open? To do so you just need to add a "flags.txt" file in the config directory:

echo "--open-dev-tools" > ~/.config/joplin-desktop/flags.txt

Then run the app again and it should display the dev tools. Open the "Console" tab then click on "Synchronise". Can you see any error message in the console?

Once it's done you can remove the dev tools by deleting the flags.txt file: rm ~/.config/joplin-desktop/flags.txt

[laurent22]

Also just to be sure, do you have access to this url? https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize (if you open it in your browser it should show the OneDrive sign in page with an error message).

[laurent22]

Thanks that's very good to know. Actually this is code that I've removed some time ago and I wonder how it made its way to the Linux build, is that the latest version? (in Help > About you'll see the version number). The latest one is 0.10.28

[tranduyhung]

I had 0.10.25 which was linked in omgubuntu. I thought I had the latest version. I have just downloaded 0.10.28 and synchronization works. I really appreciate your help @laurent22 ! Thank you!

[laurent22]

Brilliant, thanks for the feedback and glad to hear it works now. I've added a comment on omgubuntu to let them know.