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    MMM-CalendarExt3 not syncing automatically with icloud

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

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        lightfixer2000 @MMRIZE
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        @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.

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          sdetweil @lightfixer2000
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          @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

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

            see the pm2 --help

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              lightfixer2000 @sdetweil
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              @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?

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                sdetweil @lightfixer2000
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                @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

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                  MMRIZE @lightfixer2000
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                  @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.

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                    lightfixer2000 @MMRIZE
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                    @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.

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                      lightfixer2000
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                      Update. So I have removed Vdirsyncer and installed MMM-CalDAV.
                      I have two calendars running, the standard calendar which I have set to UK Holidays and our shared icloud family calendar.
                      CalDav is accessing my shared family icloud calendar. I see timed single events ok and even events spread over a couple of days. But, it is still not showing repeating weekly events. You see the initial start date/event and that is all.
                      Having read quite a few posts on missing events I have tried several suggestions to no effect. Checking the family ics file I see the data there. However, there is no RRULE listing associated with these events.
                      Also should there be further data on the URL VALUE? I have not deleted anything, but its blank. Is this because CalDAV is handling the URL?
                      Here is part of the shared ics file. I’ve deleted UID in case this unique to me.

                      BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20240411T163851Z
CREATED:20240410T140919Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T112142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T112141Z
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Testing….
UID:******
URL;VALUE=URI:
X-APPLE-CREATOR-IDENTITY:com.apple.mobilecal
X-APPLE-CREATOR-TEAM-IDENTITY:0000000000
TRANSP:OPAQUE
X-RECURRENCE-MASTER:True
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240412T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240412T140000
RECURRENCE-ID:20240412T120000Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20240411T163851Z
CREATED:20240410T140919Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T112142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T112141Z
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Testing….
UID:*****
URL;VALUE=URI:
X-APPLE-CREATOR-IDENTITY:com.apple.mobilecal
X-APPLE-CREATOR-TEAM-IDENTITY:0000000000
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240419T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240419T140000
RECURRENCE-ID:20240419T120000Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20240411T163851Z
CREATED:20240410T140919Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T112142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T112141Z
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Testing….
UID:******
URL;VALUE=URI:
X-APPLE-CREATOR-IDENTITY:com.apple.mobilecal
X-APPLE-CREATOR-TEAM-IDENTITY:0000000000
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240426T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240426T140000
RECURRENCE-ID:20240426T120000Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20240411T163851Z
CREATED:20240410T140919Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T112142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T112141Z
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Testing….
UID:******
URL;VALUE=URI:
X-APPLE-CREATOR-IDENTITY:com.apple.mobilecal
X-APPLE-CREATOR-TEAM-IDENTITY:0000000000
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240503T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240503T140000
RECURRENCE-ID:20240503T120000Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20240411T163851Z
CREATED:20240410T140919Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T112142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T112141Z
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Testing….
UID:******
URL;VALUE=URI:
X-APPLE-CREATOR-IDENTITY:com.apple.mobilecal
X-APPLE-CREATOR-TEAM-IDENTITY:0000000000
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240510T140000
RECURRENCE-ID:20240510T120000Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20240411T163851Z
CREATED:20240410T140919Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T112142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240411T112141Z
SEQUENCE:3
SUMMARY:Testing….
UID:******
URL;VALUE=URI:
X-APPLE-CREATOR-IDENTITY:com.apple.mobilecal
X-APPLE-CREATOR-TEAM-IDENTITY:0000000000
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240517T140000
RECURRENCE-ID:20240517T120000Z
END:VEVENT

                      Reading the posts I gather there is on an ongoing issue with regard to RRULE. Is this the cause of the problem?
                      I have tried returning node-ical back to its previous version 16 also with no effect.
                      Am I missing something really obvious?
                      Any further suggestions or help greatly received. Thanks.

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                        sdetweil @lightfixer2000
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                        @lightfixer2000 MMM-CalDav is creating the ics file

                        the node-ical problem is processing the rrule, if any

                        i have not seen reports of calendar troubles with the latest mm release on April 1

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