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    Is there anybody out there willing to finalize the Russian translation of the GUI? All strings on POEditor have been pre-translated by the automatic translation but obviously this is not really usable. Additionally lot of strings can be directly taken from the Windows/Mac version in order to stay consistent. In addition Polish and Hungarian are still not covered. Any volunteers? You will earn glory and appreciation from anybody in that countries!
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    And which desktop environment are you using?
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    I think that in the next version I will hide that page in order to avoid such misunderstandings... Other question: are you satisfied with btsync-gui? In which environment are you using it? I'm still collecting feedback. I see that there are quite good download rates, but I'm wondering I'm getting so few feedback... Perhaps because it simply works?
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    This does mean, that currently I am not able to implement the visualization of the current file transfers and of the transfer history in the UI (these features are present in the Windows and Mac OSX version) since the BitTorrent Sync core application does not provide a suitable API for getting the required information. The developers of BotTorrent Sync know about my wishes, and I hope that after the release of version 1.3, there will be also an API improvement. Do not worry. These two tabs are not really important, since they only display detailed status information. All really important functions, are implemented.
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    Ladies and Gentlemen, and here it is! The long awaited localised version of btsync-gui: btsync-gui (0.8.0-1) unstable; urgency=low * Remember column sizes (Closes #101) * Added I18N support (Closes #102) * Added German translation by Leo (Closes #103) * Added Italian translation by Leo & Andrea (Closes #104) * Added French translation by Loïc Fournet (Closes #105) * Added Spanish translation by Jose Luis Tirado (Closes #106) * Added Dutch translation by Jasper Sierink (Closes #108) * Added Galician translation by Miguel Anxo Bouzada (Closes #109) -- Leo Moll <leo.moll@yeasoft.com> Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:09:36 +0100 Martin Wimpress is working hard on releasing not only the new version for Arch Linux, but also on improving the documentation in the Arch Wiki.
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    The only thing that comes in my mind is some permission issue. Please check under which credentials the btsync process runs (ps axu | grep btsync-daemon) and verify the this corresponds to what you configured during dpkg-reconfigure and that the process has access to the storage_path (probably /var/lib/btsync). Saying "I have not touched anything..." is like saying "It is not what it looks like..." when beeing catched by your wife when she comes home and finds you with your lover...
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    This phenomenon can not be due to the update, since the update does not affect in any way btsync itself. The update from 1.2.3-1 to 1.2.3-2 only contains fixes in the localised strings for debconf (the strings are used during initial installation or dpkg-reconfigure btsync). But since the service will be restarted after the update, perhaps some change that happened previously will become effective...
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    Which Desktop are you using? In Unity you have sometimes to enter the name of a program in the Dash in order to see the launcher in the result list. In any case btsync-gui should start automatically upon the next login. What is "plain BTSync"? What did you have installed before installing btsync-gui? This does not really make sense to me. None of the packages I know uses a command like start btsyncand also if you use the mere executable from BitTorrent Inc, you would start it with btsync <some commandline options>
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    A very small update.... btsync (1.2.3-2) unstable; urgency=low * Localisation update * Fixed missing Chinese localisation (filename was wrong) * Adjusted library dependencies -- Leo Moll <leo.moll@yeasoft.com> Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:08:45 +0100
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    Done! Thank you for your contribution!
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    The localisation of btsync-gui has started! If you want to contribute, please follow this link: https://poeditor.com/join/project?hash=447194402f4913165d4ae5f2fc60ffca Since I'm both native speaker for German and Italian, I can create both localisations without any help, but contributions for any other language will be highly appreciated. Future translators should know that there are two good sources to take into account when contributing: BitTorrent Sync on Windows or Mac is a good source, since the GUI is extremely similar. Also the server packages for BitTorrent Sync are a good source, since many volunteers have contributed in localising many strings regarding the internal settings. If you miss your preferred language, please leave a short notice.
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    Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time to present the next milestone: the next release will mainly focus on providing a localised version of the btsync-gui. You can follow the progress of the development here. Since I'm both native speaker for German and Italian, I can create both localisations without any help, but contributions for any other language will be highly appreciated. Future translators should know that there are two good sources to take into account when contributing: BitTorrent Sync on Windows or Mac is a good source, since the GUI is extremely similar.Also the server packages for BitTorrent Sync are a good source, since many volunteers have contributed in localising many strings regarding the internal settings. If you want to contribute to the localisation, please follow this link: https://poeditor.com/join/project?hash=447194402f4913165d4ae5f2fc60ffca If you miss your preferred language in the localilsation project, please leave a short notice here, and I will add it to the project.
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    Sure. Great idea! See Issue #101
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    And again a new version: btsync-gui (0.7.3-1) unstable; urgency=low * Added function for editing the .SyncIgnore file (Closes #98) * "Open Manual" renamed to the more correct "Open Original Manual" * Fixed occasional malfunction in "Open Web UI" (Closes #100) * Added menu item in folders context menu for editing the .SyncIgnore file (Closes #98) -- Leo Moll <leo.moll@yeasoft.com> Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:04:23 +0100
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    Hi nburles, your config files seem ok to me. There are absolutely no conflicts between them. In any case I notices that btsync raises the system load. But there are a few tests that you can make. 1. Try to stop one of the two services and look if you see a heavy change in system load (you can selectively start and stop service with "service btsync stop cam" or "service btsync start cam" 2. Try to disable "use_upnp" on one or both services. I'm not sure but I remember to have read something about problems deriving from this...
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    Hi Piece_Maker, don't panic! You have not broken anything. As written in the initial posting: In client mode, the GUI can be used to access a remotely running BitTorrent Sync agent. The only prerequisites are that the remote BitTorrent Sync agent is reachable from your computer, you know the credentials and the API access is enabled on the remote agent. This means: if you want to connect to a remote agent, you need to enable the API by providing an API key in the configuration file of that agent. The internal agent is started with an API key that is owned by me, but if you have a more complex scenario with many servers that you want to access remotely with the GUI, you have to request an API key from BitTorrent Inc. You can do this here. If you do not have such an API key, you can only use the btsync-gui in Standalone Mode with the agent automatically launched by the GUI. You mentioned that you have also a problem launching the GUI in standalone mode, but you forgot to describe that problem. Can you please tell me more?
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    And again a new version: btsync-gui (0.7.2-1) unstable; urgency=low * Added iconic display of peer connection status * Updated documentation and man pages * Probably fixed icon scaling issue on high definition displays -- Leo Moll <leo.moll@yeasoft.com> Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:36:20 +0100pi3tr0: please let me know if this helps with your icon size issue on Cinnamon.
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    Hi pi3tr0, the package installs icons in two sizes: 22x22 and 36x36 - Generally it's the desktop who decides which one to use. For some strange reason, Cinnamon seems to take the 36x36 in your case. Can you please send me a screenshot? Perhaps it's a good idea to remove the 36x36 version in the next version...
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    Good news for Arch Linux users: Martin Wimpress has released packages for the btsync-gui also in AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/btsync-gui/
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    And here it is! Some small fixes... btsync-gui (0.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=low * Fixed broken build on Launchpad (Closes #93) * Fixed crash on --savedefaults (Closes #97) * Setting --webui is not also deleted on --cleardefaults -- Leo Moll <leo.moll@yeasoft.com> Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:11:18 +0100
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    I suppose you are using a version of Ubuntu that is not supported any more like Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal), Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring). It is not possible any more to publish updates on Launchpad for those versions. You can switch to the debian.yeasoft.net repository (following the instructions in the initial posting). There I will continue to publish also for Ubuntu versions out of support. Anyway I would strongly suggest that you update your server to a supported version of Ubuntu. p.s.: Obviously you have to do: sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgradeIf you do not, you will get no upgrade....
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    Thank you for the information! I will fix this in the next version (today). Tracked as Issue #97. But you can proceed by not specifying --savedefaults - the only difference, is that you do not need to invoke btsync-gui again after.
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    Please post here the two configuration files WITH BLANKED OUT SECRETS AND PASSWORDS. I have a suspicion, but I need to see the configuration files to verify that... And here the low awaited new version.... btsync (1.2.3-1) unstable; urgency=low * Cleanup startup and shutdown messages * Refreshed all debconf template translations * Added Polish translation to debconf templates contributed by Damian (xearonet) * Added full support (including debconf) for specifying niceness in the config file (Closes #96) -- Leo Moll <leo.moll@yeasoft.com> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:54:42 +0100Enjoy!
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    When you are finished with your tests and satisfied, do not forget to revise your vote It is not alpha any more... It's beta now. But you are right. We need a short How-To about how to roll back to btsync-user. I will write this here below.... You are free to do so. In this case do not use btsync-gui. Perhaps you may also consider to use the server package instead. This saves additionally a few MB of disk space and RAM and you can still use the Web UI and you will gain additional reliability since btsync runs as a daemon also nobody logs in... There is no config file for that share unless you have defined .mozilla/firefox/rk1algw0.default/_firefox_wuala_sync as one of your shared directories - in that case the information is recorded into the internal database of BitTorrent Sync. Nothing the deployment package deals with. Does the directory exists? Does the file exists? Is the file locked? Do the access rights permit BitTorrent Sync to access it? There can be many reasons for that, but none of them deals with the deployment package. Anyway there is only one configuration file for the entire BitTorrent Sync running on your system. And here the log awaited... HOW TO REVERT FROM BTSYNC GUI TO BTSYNC USER In order to revert from btsync-gui to btsync-user, the internal credentials of BitTorrent Sync must be set to something known. By default, btsync-gui creates new random credentials at each start, making it impossible to log in via the web UI (this is a security feature). Step 1: Stop btsync-gui from the menu. Step 2: Launch a terminal console and enter the following command: btsync-gui --webui --bindui 0.0.0.0 --username MyName --password MySecretPassword --savedefaults Obviously you should replace MyName and MySecretPassword with something you like Step 3: From your launcher start "BitTorrent Sync" again. Everything should now work as before, with one exception: in the indicator menu there should be a new menu entry "Open Web UI". If you select it, a browser will open on the web ui and you will not have to enter any credentials, since the indicator has already done it... If everything works as described, quit BitTorrent Sync from the indicator menu. Step 4: Now it's time to uninstall btsync-gui and install btsync-user From a terminal window, execute the following commands... sudo apt-get --yes remove btsync-guisudo apt-get --yes install btsync-userbtsync start The applet should now start, but show an icon with an exclamation point since it is not able to connect due to the fact, that there are still credentials saved into the internal database of BitTorrent Sync. Not launch the web UI from the shortcut in you desktop launcher. The web ui should open and ask you for a username and a password. Now enter the username and the password that you have specified in Step 2. Step 5: When you are logged in, select "Preferences" and in the preferences window select the tab "Authorization". Leave the password in the "Password"-field empty, and confirm your choice by specifying the password from Step 2 in the "Current Password"-field. The credentials are now cleared and the btsyncindicator should now connect automatically and everything should be as before.
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    Wow! After only two days from the release, a Chinese blogger wrote a review about the GUI: http://www.tuicool.com/articles/U3ua6j There is a reason you can not find the configuration file: it exists only for the fraction of a second needed for the btsync-core process to be created. This increases the security, since... By default there is no way to access the Web UI provided by the BitTorrent Sync agent, since the agent itself defines at each start random credentials to protect the system. The initial posting explains this and all the implications very in detail. I do not know, how you have been able to keep also btsync-user on your system (since the packages are mutually exclusive). In any case there is a way to configure btsync-gui to use credentials you know (like the ones you had specified for btsync-user): btsync-gui --username YourUserNameOfChoice --password YourSecretPassword --savedefaults or btsync-gui --bindui 0.0.0.0 --username YourUserNameOfChoice --password YourSecretPassword --savedefaults if you want to access the web UI also from other computers. Also this is described in detail in the initial posting.