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hwallace

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Registered: 2021-08-30

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profile sync daemon: syntax error in config on first start

Just installed using pacman. First start created psd.conf, then on checking status I get this error.

May 28 06:04:03 meer systemd[703]: Starting Profile-sync-daemon...
May 28 06:04:03 meer profile-sync-daemon[603696]:  ERROR: Syntax error(s) detected in /home/stephen/.config/psd/psd.conf - edit and try again.
May 28 06:04:03 meer profile-sync-daemon[603696]: Line number: offending comment

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Re: profile sync daemon: syntax error in config on first start

Guessing you have an invalid line and perhaps my code to show that line is broken.  Post the file.

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hwallace

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Re: profile sync daemon: syntax error in config on first start

Guessing you have an invalid line and perhaps my code to show that line is broken.  Post the file.

#
# $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/psd/psd.conf
#
# For documentation, refer man 1 psd or to the wiki page
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Profile-sync-daemon

## NOTE the following:
## To protect data from corruption, in the event that you do make an edit while
## psd is active, any changes made will be applied the next time you start psd.

# Uncomment and set to "yes" to use overlayfs instead of a full copy to reduce
# the memory costs and to improve sync/unsync operations. Note that your kernel
# MUST have this module available in order to use this mode.
#
#USE_OVERLAYFS="no"

# Uncomment and set to "yes" to resync on suspend to reduce potential data loss.
# Note that your system MUST have gdbus from glib2 installed to use this mode.
#
#USE_SUSPSYNC="no"

# List any browsers in the array below to have managed by psd. Useful if you do
# not wish to have all possible browser profiles managed which is the default if
# this array is left commented.
#
# Possible values:
chromium
#  chromium-dev
#  conkeror.mozdev.org
epiphany
#  falkon
firefox
#  firefox-trunk
#  google-chrome
#  google-chrome-beta
#  google-chrome-unstable
#  heftig-aurora
#  icecat
#  inox
#  luakit
#  midori
#  opera
#  opera-beta
#  opera-developer
#  opera-legacy
#  otter-browser
#  qupzilla
#  qutebrowser
#  palemoon
#  rekonq
#  seamonkey
#  surf
#  vivaldi
#  vivaldi-snapshot
#
#BROWSERS=()

# Uncomment and set to "no" to completely disable the crash recovery feature.
#
# The default is to create crash recovery backups if the system is ungracefully
# powered-down due to a kernel panic, hitting the reset switch, battery going
# dead, etc. Some users keep very diligent backups and don't care to have this
# feature enabled.
#USE_BACKUPS="yes"

# Uncomment and set to an integer that is the maximum number of crash recovery
# snapshots to keep (the oldest ones are deleted first).
#
# The default is to save the most recent 5 crash recovery snapshots.
#BACKUP_LIMIT=5

loqs

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Re: profile sync daemon: syntax error in config on first start

# List any browsers in the array below to have managed by psd. Useful if you do
# not wish to have all possible browser profiles managed which is the default if
# this array is left commented.
#
# Possible values:
chromium
#  chromium-dev
#  conkeror.mozdev.org
epiphany
#  falkon
firefox
#  firefox-trunk
#  google-chrome
#  google-chrome-beta
#  google-chrome-unstable
#  heftig-aurora
#  icecat
#  inox
#  luakit
#  midori
#  opera
#  opera-beta
#  opera-developer
#  opera-legacy
#  otter-browser
#  qupzilla
#  qutebrowser
#  palemoon
#  rekonq
#  seamonkey
#  surf
#  vivaldi
#  vivaldi-snapshot
#
#BROWSERS=()

You uncommented the possible values instead of adding them to the array and  uncommenting it.

hwallace

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Registered: 2021-08-30

Posts: 110

Re: profile sync daemon: syntax error in config on first start

Ah I see. I didn't read carefully enough. I haven't seen this approach before.
Sorry for the trouble.