[tomboy-list] Sync. issue (win/linux, dropbox)

[Sandy Armstrong]

Local folder sync over Dropbox is not supported.  Delays in Dropbox's
internal sync could easily cause data loss.

I don't know what the particular issue here is, but you might want to
try a different sync approach.

Sandy

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Luke Albers <luke at lukealbers.com> wrote:
> I work with an Ubuntu netbook and a Windows XP laptop, and have tomboy on
> both.  I sync using Dropbox (Local folder).  The windows laptop is often
> connected to a VPN through which I have no outside network access (cannot
> sync Dropbox/notes while connected).  When I create notes on the Windows
> machine while connected to the VPN, they often get erased after syncing.  I
> last experienced the issue this morning, after creating 3 new notes from
> info I gathered while on VPN.  A little while after disconnecting the VPN, I
> checked my notes on the linux machine to see if they were there.  They were
> not, so I ran the sync on both computers, and nothing was done.  Then I
> checked the taskbar in Windows and noticed that all 3 of the notes had
> disappeared.  I have opened tomboy on both machines and the notes are not
> there.
>
> I am using 1.5.2 on Linux and 1.4.2 on Windows, so I probably should go
> ahead and upgrade on Windows.
>
> Anyone know how this might be happening?
>
> Thanks
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