Ubuntu launching incorrect (old) OneDrive GUI at system startup

[cliverlong-1961]

When I boot Ubuntu 22.04, OneDriveGUI is automatically started and the cloud icon appears in the top status line.

When I click on show/hide on the cloud icon, the OneDriveGUI window that opens states the client is out-of-date and needs to be updated.

I can stop the OneDriveGUI from within the OpenDriveGUI window and restart OneDriveGUI with following command:

~/OneDriveGUI/src$ python3 OneDriveGUI.py

If I click on the new cloud in the status area after this command, the GUI states OneDrive sync is not running but there is no longer error message about an out-of-date client.

I then click on the triangle in the OneDriveGUI window and the message “Business shared folder has been deprecated “ is shown and the circle is red.

If I click on the triangle in the OneDriveGUI window, the triangle briefly tuns to a square, the circle goes from red to green, then in less than a second the square reverts to a triangle and the circle changes back from green to red.

So my first question is how do I get Ubuntu to run the latest version of OneDriveGUI client at startup?

Relevant messages from onedrive-gui.log follow:

/tmp/onedrive-gui$ cat onedrive-gui.log
2024-09-19 10:15:16,529 [OneDriveGUI.py:3093][fn=config_client_bin_path][INFO] - Onedrive client location: 'onedrive'
2024-09-19 10:15:16,598 [OneDriveGUI.py:2854][fn=get_installed_client_version][DEBUG] - [GUI] Installed client version is 250

2024-09-19 10:15:17,550 [OneDriveGUI.py:3012][fn=main_window_start_state][INFO] - [GUI] Starting OneDriveGUI minimized to system tray
2024-09-19 10:15:17,551 [OneDriveGUI.py:1098][fn=init][INFO] - crlong_personal
2024-09-19 10:15:18,029 [connectionpool.py:1014][fn=_new_conn][DEBUG] - Starting new HTTPS connection (1): api.github.com:443
2024-09-19 10:15:18,142 [connectionpool.py:473][fn=_make_request][DEBUG] - https://api.github.com:443 "GET /repos/abraunegg/onedrive/releases/latest HTTP/1.1" 200 3285
2024-09-19 10:15:18,166 [OneDriveGUI.py:2472][fn=client_version_check][DEBUG] - [GUI] Client version check: {'latest_client_version': 'v2.5.0', 'installed_client_version': 'v2.5.0'}
2024-09-19 10:15:18,495 [OneDriveGUI.py:2545][fn=autostart_monitor][DEBUG] - [crlong_personal] Compatible client version found: False <<<<<<<<<<<<
2024-09-19 10:15:18,496 [OneDriveGUI.py:2546][fn=autostart_monitor][DEBUG] - [crlong_personal] Auto-sync enabled for profile: False
2024-09-19 10:16:21,802 [OneDriveGUI.py:2428][fn=closeEvent][INFO] - [GUI] Minimizing main window to tray
2024-09-19 10:16:25,009 [OneDriveGUI.py:1150][fn=start_unsaved_changes_timer][DEBUG] - [GUI] Starting timer for unsaved changes checker
2024-09-19 10:16:29,810 [OneDriveGUI.py:1143][fn=stop_unsaved_changes_timer][DEBUG] - [GUI] Stopping timer for unsaved changes checker
2024-09-19 10:16:29,810 [OneDriveGUI.py:1118][fn=closeEvent][DEBUG] - [GUI] Closing Profiles window.
2024-09-19 11:05:10,462 [OneDriveGUI.py:2408][fn=graceful_shutdown][INFO] - Quitting OneDriveGUI

OneDrive GUI client stopped here then relaunched using

~/OneDriveGUI/src$ python3 OneDriveGUI.py
OneDriveGUI log continues

2024-09-19 11:06:14,612 [OneDriveGUI.py:3150][fn=config_client_bin_path][INFO] - Onedrive client location: 'onedrive'
2024-09-19 11:06:14,621 [OneDriveGUI.py:2911][fn=get_installed_client_version][DEBUG] - [GUI] Installed client version is 250
2024-09-19 11:06:14,622 [OneDriveGUI.py:2946][fn=create_global_config][DEBUG] - [GUI] - loading default config {'

……

2024-09-19 11:06:14,623 [OneDriveGUI.py:2976][fn=create_global_config][DEBUG] - [GUI]{'crlong_personal': {'config_file': '/home/clive/.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal/config', 'auto_sync': 'False',
…..
2024-09-19 11:06:15,245 [OneDriveGUI.py:3068][fn=main_window_start_state][INFO] - [GUI] Starting OneDriveGUI minimized to system tray
2024-09-19 11:06:15,247 [OneDriveGUI.py:1108][fn=init][INFO] - crlong_personal
2024-09-19 11:06:15,728 [connectionpool.py:1019][fn=_new_conn][DEBUG] - Starting new HTTPS connection (1): api.github.com:443
2024-09-19 11:06:15,862 [connectionpool.py:474][fn=_make_request][DEBUG] - https://api.github.com:443 "GET /repos/abraunegg/onedrive/releases/latest HTTP/1.1" 200 3285
2024-09-19 11:06:15,870 [OneDriveGUI.py:2444][fn=client_version_check][DEBUG] - [GUI] Client version check: Installed: v2.5.0 | Latest: v2.5.0
2024-09-19 11:06:16,194 [OneDriveGUI.py:2526][fn=autostart_monitor][DEBUG] - [crlong_personal] Compatible client version found: True <<<<<<<<<<<<
2024-09-19 11:06:16,194 [OneDriveGUI.py:2529][fn=autostart_monitor][DEBUG] - [crlong_personal] Auto-sync enabled for profile: False
2024-09-19 11:06:31,124 [OneDriveGUI.py:1945][fn=init][INFO] - [GUI] Starting worker for profile crlong_personal
2024-09-19 11:06:31,124 [OneDriveGUI.py:1949][fn=init][DEBUG] - [GUI] OneDrive config file: /home/clive/.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal/config
……

So the lines I have highlighted with **<<<<<<<<<<<< ** in the log above suggest initially on old version of OneDriveGUI is being loaded.

After I attempt to restart OneDrive from OneDriveGUI by clicking on the triangle I get the following log error messages:

2024-09-19 11:36:59,183 [OneDriveGUI.py:1945][fn=init][INFO] - [GUI] Starting worker for profile crlong_personal
2024-09-19 11:36:59,184 [OneDriveGUI.py:1949][fn=init][DEBUG] - [GUI] OneDrive config file: /home/clive/.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal/config
2024-09-19 11:36:59,184 [OneDriveGUI.py:1950][fn=init][DEBUG] - [GUI] OneDrive config dir: <re.Match object; span=(0, 60), match='/home/clive/.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_pers>
2024-09-19 11:36:59,184 [OneDriveGUI.py:1952][fn=init][DEBUG] - [GUI] Monitoring command: 'exec onedrive --confdir='/home/clive/.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal' --monitor -v '
2024-09-19 11:36:59,184 [OneDriveGUI.py:2547][fn=start_onedrive_monitor][INFO] - [GUI] Opening external login window
2024-09-19 11:36:59,199 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] D-Bus message bus daemon is available; GUI notifications are now enabled
2024-09-19 11:36:59,201 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Reading configuration file: /home/clive/.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal/config
2024-09-19 11:36:59,201 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Invalid value for key in config file - using default value: monitor_interval
2024-09-19 11:36:59,201 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Invalid value for key in config file - using default value: monitor_fullscan_frequency
2024-09-19 11:36:59,201 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] The option 'sync_business_shared_folders' has been deprecated and the process for synchronising Microsoft OneDrive Business Shared Folders has changed.
2024-09-19 11:36:59,201 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Please review the revised documentation on how to correctly configure this application feature.
2024-09-19 11:36:59,202 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] You must update your client configuration and make changes to your local filesystem and online data to use this capability.
2024-09-19 11:36:59,202 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Configuration file has errors - please check your configuration
2024-09-19 11:37:00,804 [OneDriveGUI.py:2559][fn=][INFO] - finished worker crlong_personal
2024-09-19 11:37:00,804 [OneDriveGUI.py:1956][fn=stop_worker][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Waiting for worker to finish...
2024-09-19 11:37:00,804 [OneDriveGUI.py:1960][fn=stop_worker][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Quitting thread
2024-09-19 11:37:00,805 [OneDriveGUI.py:1963][fn=stop_worker][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Removing thread info
2024-09-19 11:37:00,805 [OneDriveGUI.py:1966][fn=stop_worker][INFO] - [GUI] Remaining running workers: {}

OneDriveGUI config file contents:

~ /.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal$ ls
config config_backup items.sqlite3 items.sqlite3-shm items.sqlite3-wal refresh_token sync_list
clive@MacPro-Linux:~ /.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal$ cat config
sync_dir = "/home/clive/OneDrive"
monitor_interval = "30"
monitor_log_frequency = "5"
monitor_fullscan_frequency = "10"
skip_file = "*|.|.tmp"
sync_business_shared_folders = "false"
force_http_2 = "false"

1. I can’t find information on how OneDriveGUI is being loaded at startup – if there are, can you direct me to them so I can ensure boot is always to the current version of OneDriveGUI?

2. Then find out why latest / correct OneDriveGUI is not able to run OneDrive.

Thanks.

ADDED

I don't know if the following is relevant

I listed the OneDrive client config file and the initial lines are:

clive@MacPro-Linux:/tmp/onedrive-gui$ onedrive --display-config
D-Bus message bus daemon is available; GUI notifications are now enabled
Application version = onedrive v2.5.0-1+np2+2.1
Compiled with = LDC 2098
User Application Config path = /home/clive/.config/onedrive
System Application Config path = /etc/onedrive
Applicable Application 'config' location = /home/clive/.config/onedrive/config
Configuration file found in config location = false - using application defaults
Applicable 'sync_list' location = /home/clive/.config/onedrive/sync_list
Applicable 'items.sqlite3' location = /home/clive/.config/onedrive/items.sqlite3

Notice the folder /home/clive/.config/onedrive quoted in all the config paths above.

But when I list folder it contains

~ /.config/onedrive$ ls
accounts items.sqlite3 refresh_token

and ~ /.config/onedrive/accounts contains ~ /.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal

~ /.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal$ cat config
sync_dir = "/home/clive/OneDrive"
monitor_log_frequency = "5"
monitor_fullscan_frequency = "100"
skip_file = "~*|.~*|*.tmp"
sync_business_shared_folders = "false"
force_http_2 = "false"

There is no > Applicable Application 'config' location = /home/clive/.config/onedrive/config

or any folder path

/home/clive/.config/onedrive/config

the correct path is

~/.config/onedrive/accounts/

Is that relevant?

[bpozdena]

When I boot Ubuntu 22.04, OneDriveGUI is automatically started and the cloud icon appears in the top status line.

OneDriveGUI does not have any buil-in functionality to autostart with your system. You either configured it manually or it was done by some 3rd party package/repo. You should remove it.

If I click on the new cloud in the status area after this command, the GUI states OneDrive sync is not running but there is no longer error message about an out-of-date client.

OneDriveGUI v1.1.0 is only compatible with OneDrive client v2.5.0.

I then click on the triangle in the OneDriveGUI window and the message “Business shared folder has been deprecated “ is shown and the circle is red.

Expected behavior. Read the documentation.

So my first question is how do I get Ubuntu to run the latest version of OneDriveGUI client at startup?

I'd suggest you to use the AppImage version of OneDriveGUI. I can't provide support for anything else. You can easily integrate AppImages using AppImageLauncher .

Many desktop environments have some sort of GUI utility, which allows you to configure autostart applications. But if you integrated the AppImage using AppImageLauncer, it should have created a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ you might just need to copy it to ~/.config/autostart. Check your distro documentation on how to configure application autostart.

You should also remove all your older versions of OneDriveGUI and OneDrive client that apparently are installed in your system.

[cliverlong-1961]

I will address the points in separate replies so this should make this easier to follow if someone has some or all of these issues in future.

When I boot Ubuntu 22.04, OneDriveGUI is automatically started and the cloud icon appears in the top status line.

OneDriveGUI does not have any buil-in functionality to autostart with your system. You either configured it manually or it was done by some 3rd party package/repo. You should remove it.

Some web searching turned up the following which was the way to identify how the old version of oneDriveGUI was being started on the system and how to replace this with the current 1.1 version.

Step 1: Open “Startup Applications” To open “Startup Applications” in Ubuntu, press Alt+F2 and run the gnome-session-properties command. Step 2: Add new startup application In the “Startup Applications Preferences” window that appears, click on the “Add” button to add a new startup application.

clive@MacPro-Linux:/usr/bin$ sudo cp ~/Downloads/OneDriveGUI-1.1.0-x86_64.AppImage /usr/bin/
[sudo] password for clive:
clive@MacPro-Linux:/usr/bin$ ls | grep OneDriveGUI-1.
OneDriveGUI-1.0.3_fix116-x86_64.AppImage
OneDriveGUI-1.1.0-x86_64.AppImage

If I click on the new cloud in the status area after this command, the GUI states OneDrive sync is not running but there is no longer error message about an out-of-date client.

OneDriveGUI v1.1.0 is only compatible with OneDrive client v2.5.0.

I added this information about this message in the window to the original post to indicate what I saw as I was trying to fix the issue of the start-up problem. I added any information I believe was relevant to show my progress. As you have written this is expected behaviour - so, good.

So at this point at Ubuntu successfully starts up the latest version of the OneDriveGUI client: 1.1.0. Good

[cliverlong-1961]

Now my system is running the latest OneDriveGUI client, 1.1.0 which is communicating with the current OneDrive client, 2.5.0, I need to understand why the OneDriveGUI client does not interact with the OneDrive client.

Looking at the log file when OneDriveGUI was being started up there was a message that the sync_busines_shared_folders in the OneDrive client config file were deprecated and after a few more messages, the OneDriveGUI client failed to successfully "connect" to the OneDrive client.

The OneDrive client config file that had been created was as follows

clive@MacPro-Linux:~ /.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal$ cat config
sync_dir = "/home/clive/OneDrive"
enable_logging = "true"
monitor_log_frequency = "5"
monitor_fullscan_frequency = "100"
skip_file = "*|.|.tmp"
sync_business_shared_folders = "false"
force_http_2 = "false"

Even though sync_business_shared_folders parameter was assigned the value "false" in the config file, I decided to comment it out resulting:

clive@MacPro-Linux:~ /.config/onedrive/accounts/crlong_personal$ cat config
sync_dir = "/home/clive/OneDrive"
enable_logging = "true"
monitor_log_frequency = "5"
monitor_fullscan_frequency = "100"
skip_file = "*|.|.tmp"
'#' sync_business_shared_folders = "false"
force_http_2 = "false"

I then stopped and started the OneDriveGUI client

~ /OneDriveGUI/src$ python3 OneDriveGUI.py

And the OneDriveGUI client window no longer shows the message “Business shared folder has been deprecated “
See:

The files are being checked by looking in the log /tmp/onedrive-gui$ cat onedrive-gui.log
See:

2024-09-19 15:40:10,768 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Including file - included by sync_list config: ... file name ..

2024-09-19 15:40:10,768 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] Including file - included by sync_list config: ... file name ..

2024-09-19 15:40:10,768 [OneDriveGUI.py:2022][fn=read_stdout][INFO] - [crlong_personal] ... file name ..

and so on for thousands of files.

[cliverlong-1961]

Can a version number be added to the OneDriveGUI window?

[bpozdena]

Can a version number be added to the OneDriveGUI window?

Added to OneDriveGUI v1.1.1