I've confirmed that commenting out the suspect lines, and then restarting the ubuntuone syncdaemon (or log-out then log-in since it auto-starts on log-in) provides a work-around for the issue/
I edited the /usr/share/pyshared/ubuntuone/syncdaemon/config.py file using a text editor to have: # cleanup empty sections #for section in [MAIN, THROTTLING]: # if self.has_section(section) and not self.options(section): # self.remove_section(section) saved the file and restarted the syncdaemon. Since then, running ubuntuone-preferences doesn't cause the syncdaemon.conf file to lose the __main__ section, and syncing works again in the background for my account files. ** Changed in: ubuntuone-client (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: ubuntuone-client (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666608 Title: Ubuntuone-client software wont start even after fresh install of the software packages. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs