How to Sync your Blackberry in Linux

[theZoid]

theZoid, please do report back and let me know if it was helpful! I'll be happy to add/revise based on suggestions.

Chip....great guide btw, however my calendar sync'd, but my contacts aren't showing up in Kontact....did I miss something?

[chipbennett]

I'm doing it now....you're using Kontact for the sync right? That's fine by me...having problems with Thunderbird.

Yes, I sync with KDE-PIM (Kontact, Kmail, Kalendar, etc.).

I can't find an official OpenSync plugin for Thunderbird, but did find something called blueZync, which purports to act as a Mozilla/Thunderbird plugin for OpenSync. If so, then it should be what you need.

[chipbennett]

Chip....great guide btw, however my calendar sync'd, but my contacts aren't showing up in Kontact....did I miss something?

Do you have a filter applied to your contacts in Kontact? In the upper-right-hand corner, ensure that "Filter" is set to "None".

Beyond that, I'm not sure. I've not gotten very far with synchronizing contacts (I need to be able to sync by category); however, I did do a trial-run sync of contacts, and everything from my BlackBerry showed up in Kontact afterward.

[theZoid]

Yes, I sync with KDE-PIM (Kontact, Kmail, Kalendar, etc.).

I can't find an official OpenSync plugin for Thunderbird, but did find something called blueZync, which purports to act as a Mozilla/Thunderbird plugin for OpenSync. If so, then it should be what you need.

Chip, Kontact is fine. My calendar events sync'd with Kontact, but not my Contacts? All that's there is the one sample entry....the tool said everything sync'd ok....are they in a different file?

EDIT: there is NO filter selected....I have around 700 contacts...?

[chipbennett]

Chip, Kontact is fine. My calendar events sync'd with Kontact, but not my Contacts? All that's there is the one sample entry....the tool said everything sync'd ok....are they in a different file?

Zoid, see my previous post; I think our posting is out of sync (pun intended).

[chipbennett]

Chip, Kontact is fine. My calendar events sync'd with Kontact, but not my Contacts? All that's there is the one sample entry....the tool said everything sync'd ok....are they in a different file?

EDIT: there is NO filter selected....I have around 700 contacts...?

Hmm, I know that when I first started using KDE-PIM, I imported a couple thousand contacts, and then didn't see them in Kontact. I didn't realize that "Filter: Unfiled" meant un-categorized contacts. Once I selected one of the categories, I could see my contacts.

If the sync was successful, then you should see all of your contacts with "Filter: None". I am unsure what the issue is.

Did you get any errors during the sync? Are you using the CLI sync (msynctool) or the GUI sync (KitchenSync)?

[theZoid]

Hmm, I know that when I first started using KDE-PIM, I imported a couple thousand contacts, and then didn't see them in Kontact. I didn't realize that "Filter: Unfiled" meant un-categorized contacts. Once I selected one of the categories, I could see my contacts.

If the sync was successful, then you should see all of your contacts with "Filter: None". I am unsure what the issue is.

Did you get any errors during the sync? Are you using the CLI sync (msynctool) or the GUI sync (KitchenSync)?

OK, right now I'm using KitchenSync....it is saying it's writing 658 entries (which is the number of my contacts), and has stalled at 99% complete....I think stalled, or does this take a while?

[chipbennett]

OK, right now I'm using KitchenSync....it is saying it's writing 658 entries (which is the number of my contacts), and has stalled at 99% complete....I think stalled, or does this take a while?

It might take a while. Let it complete; it will either say "successful" or else "error" (or similar).

If KitchenSync indicates that the sync was successful, yet you still can't see your contacts in Kontact, then I'm not sure what's going on. If, however, KitchenSync returns an error, then we'll have to track down what the error is.

[theZoid]

It might take a while. Let it complete; it will either say "successful" or else "error" (or similar).

If KitchenSync indicates that the sync was successful, yet you still can't see your contacts in Kontact, then I'm not sure what's going on. If, however, KitchenSync returns an error, then we'll have to track down what the error is.

Here's where it's at right now...for 10 minutes or so....pic attached...

[theZoid]

It might take a while. Let it complete; it will either say "successful" or else "error" (or similar).

If KitchenSync indicates that the sync was successful, yet you still can't see your contacts in Kontact, then I'm not sure what's going on. If, however, KitchenSync returns an error, then we'll have to track down what the error is.

Now the contacts are showing up....GREAT GUIDE Chip!! The is the first guide I've seen that gets down to the nitty gritty, 1 2 3..., in plain english....good job! PS Chip....check msynctools installation...had to do that one on my own, no biggie, and group is misspelled