Installation

The following packages should be installed:

• multisync-tools
• opensync-plugin-evolution
• opensync-plugin-syncml
• multisync0.90

Use System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager to grab those (or aptitude or apt-get if you are that sort of user).

Check your installation

To test if everything went ok type:

msynctool --listplugins

You should get:

Available options:
syncml-http-server
syncml-obex-client
evo2-sync

Configuration

Group setup

Opensync is complicated. It requires you to define groups first; groups basically pair a device with an application. So the first thing to do is to create a group:

msynctool --addgroup nokia-evo

Next we need to add 2 members to our group, one for Evolution (using the evo2-sync plugin) and one for your phone (which uses the obex plugin).

msynctool --addmember nokia-evo evo2-sync
msynctool --addmember nokia-evo gnokii-sync

Now, you will need to set up the actually applications.

Evolution

The last step is to configure group members. To configure evolution plugin type:

export EDITOR=gedit && msynctool --configure nokia-evo 1

Text editor will be launched. Paste following lines into it:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<address_path/>
<calendar_path>file:///home/Your_User_Name/.evolution/calendar/local/system</calendar_path>
<tasks_path/>
</config>

Once you're done save and exit.

This will tell the evolution opensync plugin where to look for your evolution calendar and also to skip addressbook and tasks, because gnokii plugin can't handle them right now.

You have evolution part configured. To configure gnokii plugin type:

export EDITOR=gedit && msynctool --configure nokia-evo 2

Same rules apply as with evolution part, but configuration file should look like this:

<config>
  <connection>bluetooth</connection>
  <port> __phone mac here, same as in .gnokiirc__ </port>
  <model> __phone model here. same as in .gnokiirc__ </model>
</config>

Syncing

Make sure the configuration has been updated using the command below:

msynctool --showgroup nokia-evo

If you encounter problems updating the configuration, try using a different editor (e.g. vi instead of gedit). That should be everything in terms of installing and configuration. Time to try to sync your phone. To do this type:

msynctool --sync nokia-evo

Alternatively you can start multisync0.90 graphical tool and do the syncing there. If you did everything right, it should output a lot of noisy stuff and the contacts should be synchronized. If not.. file a bug!

Related forums thread is: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=145289