iFolder Client Open SuSE 12.1

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The iFolder client locks my OpenSuSE 12.1 machine nearly EVERY TIME I boot. I have to go into a command prompt and killall -9 /usr/bin/mono so that my desktop responds. If I then do an init 3 and an init 5, iFolder client does start.

Seems like there is either a timing issue or there are two competing scripts getting into a fatal embrace. Not sure where iFolder is automatically loading from, but I would be happy to make it so that I have to load it manually…

On another note, when it does work after a while (like an hour or so) the client loses contact with the server and I have to do a disconnect and reconnect to resume synchronization…

any ideas or guidance is appreciated
Rob

2

General answer when there seem to be timing problems during startup of the system, revert from systemd to sysvinit and see if it pertains.

3

No joy here, still locked up, have to kill mono to set into my UI

4

SOLVED!

  1. Created the script ~/bin/delay

#!/bin/sh
sleep $1
shift
exec $@

  1. Edited the file ~/.config/autostart/ifolder.desktop, inserted underlined text.

[Desktop Entry]
X-SuSE-translate=false
Categories=Application;Utility;Filesystem;
Name=iFolder 3
GenericName=Collaborative File Sharing
Comment=Backup, synchronize, and share files with others
Exec=**delay 150 **/usr/bin/ifolder
Icon=/usr/share/ifolder3/images/ifolder24.png
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application

NOTE: A shorter delay may be possible but 15 seconds was too short.