meanwhile I upgraded to the latest ubuntuone client package from the NIGHTLY BUILDS as described here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/HowDoIInstallNightlies but - I STILL have the problem : hansp@kodos:~$ u1sdtool --waiting Oops, an error ocurred: Traceback (most recent call last): Failure: dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.UnicodeError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 745, in _message_cb _method_reply_return(connection, message, method_name, signature, *retval) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 252, in _method_reply_return reply.append(signature=signature, *retval) UnicodeError: String parameters to be sent over D-Bus must be valid UTF-8 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368626 Title: We should support utf8-invalid filenames -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs