Import Contacts

[Al Johnson]

On Wednesday 16 July 2008, C R McClenaghan wrote:
> All,
>
> I get the following error using manage-contacts.py in the following
> way from SSH:
>
>   python manage-contacts.py load <vCards.vcf
>
> [removed listing of first vcard entry]
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "manage-contacts.py", line 92, in <module>
>      load_contacts ()
>    File "manage-contacts.py", line 61, in load_contacts
>      ab.addContact (contacts [k])
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 140,
> in __call__
>      **keywords)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line
> 607, in call_blocking
>      message, timeout)
> dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "addContact" with
> signature "s" on interface
> "org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.addressbook.Book" doesn't exist
>
> I have installed via opkg python-dbus per wiki instructions.
>
> Thoughts?

Try it from the terminal on the phone, or try:
	dbus-load python manage-contacts.py load <vCards.vcf
I'm guessing on the last one as it sorts similar errors with gconftool-2 in 
ssh sessions. If it works please update the docs!

>
> Chris
>
> On Jul 14, 2008, at 8:43 PM, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote:
> > smurfy - phil wrote:
> >> i added a small script and infos at:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Import_Vcf_Contacts
> >>
> >> how to import vcf contacts to the default 2007.2 contacts application
> >
> > What about using GTK contacts [1]?
> > It runs both on PC and in Openmoko and it should allow you to manage
> > your contacts in a better way. I've used in my PC to import my old
> > mobile phone contacts and I figure it will work well also in a
> > Freerunner... :P
> >
> >
> > [1] http://pimlico-project.org/contacts.html
> >
> >
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