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-   -   Erroneous Sync error messages in v1.8 [now fixed in 1.8.1] (http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=18992)

marisa8184 2010-11-21 02:06 AM

I also have this problem, as does another user on Twitter - I find restarting the app is sufficient to get rid of the problem for a short while, it then seems to randomly reoccur.

Chrome 2010-11-21 04:00 AM

[QUOTE=marisa8184;89209]...I find restarting the app is sufficient to get rid of the problem for a short while,...[/QUOTE]

Yes indeed it looks like this does the job.

But I noticed a few times since 1.8 that items are not updated from active to due soon or overdue. In fact 1.7.3 had this problem very clearly, with 1.8 it is much better now. However a few times it happened again. And I think each time before, I got the sync error message......

What confuses me is that I get two sync errors: One with the time out and the other with the message that the database could not be synced because of a "bad file descriptor", whatever that means...

Elsnossage 2010-11-21 01:01 PM

OmniFocus for iPhone reports "Timed out" or "Bad file descriptor" on sync
 
I've had a couple of syncs fine, however sometimes I still get "unable to synchronise database with server. The request timed out."
Sometime it will synchronise, and then a second later, get the same message.
What's going on?

dschaffner 2010-11-21 05:17 PM

I'm using the omnigroup syncing beta here: [url]https://sync.omnigroup.com[/url] and I've noticed the same thing today. Seems like they might be having server issues.

- Don

Chrome 2010-11-22 10:54 AM

Nope, there is bug in 1.8 unfortunately. Look here: [url]http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=18992[/url]

Chrome 2010-11-22 11:00 AM

Looks like Sync is somewhat buggy in 1.8. Look here: [url]http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=18992[/url]

Me, i am getting the bad file descriptor message, too. In addition to a Server timeout error. But it seems that syncing is working, despite the false error messages.

Greetings

ifonline 2010-11-22 11:27 AM

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

Brian 2010-11-22 04:05 PM

Sorry about this - there are two things going on here.

This is a different error message, but it's another case where OmniFocus is reporting an error message that happened in the past over and over again until the app or the phone is rebooted, even if a subsequent sync is successful.

When this happens, the message does mean that a previous sync didn't complete, but the way the app *should* handle this is to just quietly start a new sync and try again; it should only be bothering you guys if it's persistently unable to finish one. Right now, it's basically saying "HEY GUYS A PREVIOUS SYNC DIDN'T FINISH" every time you sync. Not terribly helpful.

We'll fix this, but in the meantime, the same workaround from the other thread should work - restart the app or the phone to clear the message. Really sorry for the trouble, everyone.

anders.holm 2010-11-23 04:50 AM

Sync problems with 1.8
 
Hi,

The last few days the old "unable to find sync server" has turned up again.
Somewhat randomly this time.

I'm running 1.8 on an iPhone 4 and 1.8.1 on the Mac.
Wifi (Bonjour) syncing to MacBook Pro on Ethernet. And yes there's a Wifi access point and all other "net connections" are working fine.
"Bonjour browser" on the Mac shows/lists both the iPhone and the Mac.

Sharing the sync settings, from the Mac, again helps somewhat sometimes.
Restarting the app helps sometimes, restarting the application helps sometimes.

Don't know what to try next.

/Anders

CatOne 2010-11-23 09:21 AM

There's a known bug in 1.8 that's been acknowledged; it should be fixed in 1.8.1 I believe.


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