MMM-CalendarExt3 not syncing automatically with icloud

[sdetweil]

@lightfixer2000 said in MMM-CalendarExt3 not syncing automatically with icloud:

[3010:0324/105027.892355:ERROR:gbm_wrapper.cc(75)] Failed to get fd for plane

this is an electron reported ‘error’, but is really a warning. you can ignore it. we can’t hide it

[greedyvegan]

even though the module loads, I see this error all the time; even after a refresh.
Should I ignore it?

[MMRIZE]

@greedyvegan That is not an error, just warning you can ignore it.

[lightfixer2000]

@MMRIZE I’ve left the MMM Calendar running for a far longer period and sync has never occured.
I did some digging/reading on Vdirsyncer and located the journal, here’s what it has been recording over and over.

Mar 26 00:11:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 26 00:11:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Stopped vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.
Mar 26 00:11:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 26 00:11:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 26 00:11:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Failed to start vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Started vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi (irsyncer)[4142]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed to locate executable /usr/bin/vdirsyncer: No such file or directory
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi (irsyncer)[4142]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/bin/vdirsyncer: No such file or directory
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Stopped vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Started vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi (irsyncer)[4143]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed to locate executable /usr/bin/vdirsyncer: No such file or directory
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi (irsyncer)[4143]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/bin/vdirsyncer: No such file or directory
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Stopped vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: vdirsyncer.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 26 00:26:18 raspberrypi systemd[923]: Failed to start vdirsyncer.service - Synchronize calendars and contacts.

It states it can’t find the vdirsyncer file which isn’t really a file but a symlink as per Beh instructions.

Here are my vdirsyncer service and timer files in case I’m missing something?

[Unit]
Description=Synchronize calendars and contacts
Documentation=https://vdirsyncer.readthedocs.org/
StartLimitBurst=2

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vdirsyncer sync
RuntimeMaxSec=3m
Restart=on-failure

[Unit]
Description=Synchronize vdirs

[Timer]
OnBootSec=2m
OnUnitActiveSec=10m
AccuracySec=5m

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

I did the Clean but Hard Way install of vdirsyncer and it created a vdirsyncer_env folder which according to instructions keeps Python contained. Could this be the issue?
Thanks in advance.

[sdetweil]

@lightfixer2000 many python scripts require a virtual environment. using the venv command to load from from the folder the installer creates before executing any python script

[sdetweil]

@lightfixer2000 I try not to use services anymore as pm2 can launch anything, like my installer sets up for MagicMirror.

see the pm2 --help

[lightfixer2000]

@sdetweil Thanks. I have pm2 installed and it runs MMM at boot up. According to the timer file the first fetch is after 2 mins of program start. I still don’t see any update to the ics file.
I will read pm2 help is a config or something else with pm2 I should be using?

[sdetweil]

@lightfixer2000 pm2 start xxx

xxx can be a bash script
or an executable

if you the bash script the you can ha e multile commands and logic

pm2’s job is to start and run things and keep them running

[MMRIZE]

@lightfixer2000
I’m not using vdirsyncer to get iCloud or Google private/family calendars as iCal. So I have no idea.
Instead I use MMM-CalDAV. Sorry.

[lightfixer2000]

@MMRIZE Hi thanks for the heads up on CalDAV. Is this also a program which can deal privately with iCloud calendars? Rather than Vdirsyncer? Thanks.