Re: How do I copy configuration between machines?
"J.H." <[email protected]> Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:41:16 +0100
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--===============7508033930535228093== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=----9R6K6CS4C9BMRU3LCD7YD5V1SO8Y74 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------9R6K6CS4C9BMRU3LCD7YD5V1SO8Y74 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Can't say where exactly, but pretty sure this was covered recently on the l= ist, and the file now resides umder ~/=2Econfig/ with a similar but not ide= ntical name On October 9, 2025 9:33:46 PM GMT+01:00, ael via Linphone-users <linphone-= users@nongnu=2Eorg> wrote: >On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 09:59:39PM +0100, ael via Linphone-users wrote: >> Following on from my previous post:- >>=20 >> > I am using the linux desktop on linux (debian and devuan)=2E >> >=20 >> > I have linphone working properly on one laptop, and have installed a = new copy of linphone >> > on a new laptop: Desktop 5=2E3=2E0 - QT5=2E 15=2E2=2E It seems to be = working but I don't want to=20 >> > go through a laborious process of hand copying my settings from one m= achine to the new >> > one=2E >> >=20 >> > I expected that just copying ~/=2Elinphonerc would do most of the wor= k, especially my >> > several SIP accounts=2E But it looks as if ~/=2Elinphonerc is no long= er used: it seems to >> > contain almost no information=2E >> >=20 > >The silence on this thread perhaps indicates that linphone can't handle t= his at present? > >Meanwhile I have made more attempts and experiments, and I seem to have p= artially succeeded=2E > >Somehow, the linphone=2Edb on the target machine has a "sip_address" tabl= e that contains my contacts=2E >linphone is still refusing to read friends=2Edb=2E I wonder whether Deskt= op 5=2E3=2E0 has stopped using friends=2Edb? > >But when I click on the Contacts icon, and am presented with the "search = contact" box, no contacts are found=2E >In contrast, typing into the top "Search contact, start a call=2E=2E=2E= =2E" box, my contacts are found=2E > >Is this a bug in linphone, or an artifact of the way I tried to install l= inphone on the new machine? > >But at least I can now use my previous 104 contacts! > >I didn't say before that this was on linux (devuan and debian) although I= though that would be obvious from >the file names=2E > >ael > > >_______________________________________________ >Linphone-users mailing list >Linphone-users@nongnu=2Eorg >https://lists=2Enongnu=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/linphone-users ------9R6K6CS4C9BMRU3LCD7YD5V1SO8Y74 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body>Can't say where exactly, but pretty sure this was = covered recently on the list, and the file now resides umder ~/=2Econfig/ w= ith a similar but not identical name<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On O= ctober 9, 2025 9:33:46 PM GMT+01:00, ael via Linphone-users <linphone-us= ers@nongnu=2Eorg> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi= n: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-= left: 1ex;"> <pre dir=3D"auto" class=3D"k9mail">On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 09:59:39PM +010= 0, ael via Linphone-users wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-le= ft: 1ex;">Following on from my previous post:-<br><br><blockquote class=3D"= gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid #= ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">I am using the linux desktop on linux (debian a= nd devuan)=2E<br><br>I have linphone working properly on one laptop, and ha= ve installed a new copy of linphone<br>on a new laptop: Desktop 5=2E3=2E0 -= QT5=2E 15=2E2=2E It seems to be working but I don't want to <br>go through= a laborious process of hand copying my settings from one machine to the ne= w<br>one=2E<br><br>I expected that just copying ~/=2Elinphonerc would do mo= st of the work, especially my<br>several SIP accounts=2E But it looks as if= ~/=2Elinphonerc is no longer used: it seems to<br>contain almost no inform= ation=2E<br><br></blockquote></blockquote><br>The silence on this thread pe= rhaps indicates that linphone can't handle this at present?<br><br>Meanwhil= e I have made more attempts and experiments, and I seem to have partially s= ucceeded=2E<br><br>Somehow, the linphone=2Edb on the target machine has a "= sip_address" table that contains my contacts=2E<br>linphone is still refusi= ng to read friends=2Edb=2E I wonder whether Desktop 5=2E3=2E0 has stopped u= sing friends=2Edb?<br><br>But when I click on the Contacts icon, and am pre= sented with the "search contact" box, no contacts are found=2E<br>In contra= st, typing into the top "Search contact, start a call=2E=2E=2E=2E" box, my = contacts are found=2E<br><br>Is this a bug in linphone, or an artifact of t= he way I tried to install linphone on the new machine?<br><br>But at least = I can now use my previous 104 contacts!<br><br>I didn't say before that thi= s was on linux (devuan and debian) although I though that would be obvious = from<br>the file names=2E<br><br>ael<hr>Linphone-users mailing list<br>Linp= hone-users@nongnu=2Eorg<br><a href=3D"https://lists=2Enongnu=2Eorg/mailman/= listinfo/linphone-users">https://lists=2Enongnu=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/linp= hone-users</a><br></pre></blockquote></div></body></html> ------9R6K6CS4C9BMRU3LCD7YD5V1SO8Y74-- --===============7508033930535228093== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KTGlucGhvbmUt dXNlcnMgbWFpbGluZyBsaXN0CkxpbnBob25lLXVzZXJzQG5vbmdudS5vcmcKaHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0 cy5ub25nbnUub3JnL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8vbGlucGhvbmUtdXNlcnMK --===============7508033930535228093==--