jegaudin Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 When I updated from 2.2 to 2.3 I lost all my settings (login, list of synced folders,etc...) I thought that I misread the update warnings and went ahead and reset my account and all my folders. But now each time I restart my machine, all btsync settings are lost again. This did not occur after the updates of my mac and windows machines. I have updated to the latest 2.3.3 but the problem is the same. I have not changed any file permissions in my sync install folder and they seem to be fine. I am using using linux mint 17 - 64 bit. I have been using btsync since the early beta version, love it and a lot of my work is now dependent on it. Some help will be greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizzard Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 same problem here. "solved"it by downgrading BT Sync to 2.2 using the btsync file from my backup. it would be great if there was a way to update without loosing all settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jegaudin Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Hi Wizzard, Great to hear that I am not the only one struggling with this.. Anybody from sync support can guide us on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDub Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hey Guys, I had this issue too. 2.3.x doesn't point to the original .sync folder for whatever reason. When starting 2.3.x , you need to use the --storage option. For example, if my .sync folder was here: /root/.btsync/.sync then I would start the program like this: ./btsync --storage /root/.btsync/.sync See ./btsync --help for more options. Best, ~VDub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jegaudin Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Thank you so much VDub!! That solved the problem. It is a major issue though.. I hope the dev team fixes this for the next version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgalt Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 This has happened both times I have updated recently (first from 2.3.2 to 2.3.3, and then again when upgrading to 2.3.5). Basically whatever settings btsync has on my system (Arch linux), they are lost after updating. Going to the admin page at localhost:8888 brings up the new setup page, requesting me to make an account and designate a name to be identified by other users. When I updated to 2.3.3. I just reconfigured everything, but after it happening again when I updated to 2.3.5 recently, resulting in the same issue happening again, I just downgraded to 2.3.3. This post indicates the same / similar issue, but never received a response. I'm not sure if there has been an issue entirely related to 2.3.X, since I missed a few updates and jumped right into the middle of 2.3.X from an earlier version of 2.2.X, but the linked post implies that this is a bug that cropped up with 2.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leading Geek Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 It's even worse than that for me. I eventually wiped my .sync directory, reinstalled completely fresh on all of my devices and 2.3.5 still loses it's settings every time it starts up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgalt Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Having similar issues. I reconfigured everything after updating to 2.3.3 but that was all lost when updating to 2.3.5. Have since downgraded back to 2.3.3 and it's working again. Won't be updating again until there is a confirmed fix for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgalt Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Scratch that, I apparently hadn't rebooted, downgrading to 2.3.3 was only a temporary fix. I've gone through and completely wiped btsync from my system, re-installed 2.3.0, and reconfigured everything. It seems to be working now (have rebooted once and everything was still properly working), but we'll see if that continues to be the case. Again, won't be updating again without some clarification on what's going on here. Also, I don't have a .sync folder in .btsync. I have several .SyncUser folders, however. Not sure why there are multiple, or how those folders are getting generated though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 @all, Make sure that sync uses the same .sync storage folder as before. With v 2.3.x on Linux the storage is created in your current <pwd>, rather than near binary as before. So if you launch Sync manually from a different locations, new storage will be created. You can fix it either by going to the directory where .sync is, or launching Sync with --storage /path/to/.sync pointing to the folder with all your settings. Well, and make sure that Sync if killed correctly with a chance to save settings on quit. If this is not the case, we would love to get debug logs from your machines collected right after you see this happen, with details on how exactly you start Sync, from which directories, scripts, configs etc. Thank you! You can submit everything by Contacting Support on HelpCenter. Please do not forget to mention this forum topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 That post is replied. We'll merge this topic there to avoid two duplicated threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgalt Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Hi Helen, I'm a bit confused about what you mean. There is a .sync folder in every directory that is watched by Sync. These are still present in those directories. What I'm experiencing is that Sync, after an update, no longer recognizes that I have set it up in the first place. When I navigate to the Sync page at localhost:8888, Sync asks me to once again set up an account and an ID. I then have to go through the process of re-linking that device. It's as if I have a fresh install that needs to be reconfigured. For me Sync is started when my machine boots up (i.e. the btsync service is enabled) - I'm not ever directly launching Sync, so I'm again unclear about what you mean here. thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 yes, there is .sync in each sync share, but I was talking about .sync - storage folder, the folder where Sync keeps its settings. By default it's .sync - used to be created near btsync binary, and now it's created in current directory. And if you change directory and launch Sync, new storage is created, and your older settings are not applied. What exactly script you use to launch Sync at boot? On 3/28/2016 at 6:37 PM, Helen said: we would love to get debug logs from your machines collected right after you see this happen, with details on how exactly you start Sync, from which directories, scripts, configs etc. Thank you! You can submit everything by Contacting Support on HelpCenter. Please do not forget to mention this forum topic. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgalt Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 the btsync daemon is managed / started by systemd on my system (i.e. btysnc.service is enabled). I'm on Arch linux, just simply followed the instructions found here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BitTorrent_Sync I can provide debug logs as well, although I'm hesitant to try and reproduce the issue since I once again have everything working (am running 2.3.0 - have not upgraded further since I'm concerned about it breaking again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 dgalt, got it. Once 2.3.0 is working for you, we'll not be asking to break it all. @all Everyone is welcome to write to support directly! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgalt Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 I would like to update to the newest version, though (2.3.5 I believe), and to any versions after that, without having to worry about needing to reconfigure the entire thing again. I'm still not clear as to what the issue is, and how to avoid it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 @dgalt then please submit logs to the support with the details requested - what exactly you have is service starts build, where the storage point to in its config, where binary is located, how exactly you update? if you update suing the official package from your blog site, it will be pointing to the new storage - thus the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denco Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hello, I'm having the same problem on my Linux machine. Sync is freshly installed. Settings are lost after restart. On 30. 3. 2016 at 6:53 PM, Helen said: yes, there is .sync in each sync share, but I was talking about .sync - storage folder, the folder where Sync keeps its settings. Not sure which folder you mean. Any help? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Here you can see storage folder location Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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