SynCE-GNOME is currently just a buzzword for an idea that eventually, will encapsulate multiple applications into one applet. At the moment, SynCE-GNOME as we know it only displays nice libnotify messages when a device is connected or disconnected, and it prompts for a password if one is required.
Prerequisites
Debian or Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
Downloading
Download the following tarball:
[http://downloads.sourceforge.net/synce/synce-gnome-0.11.tar.gz synce-gnome-0.11.tar.gz]
Extract:
$ tar zxf synce-gnome-0.11.tar.gz $ cd synce-gnome-0.11/ $ python setup.py build $ sudo python setup.py install
Using
Simply execute the python script:
$ synce-gnome
This will idle until a device is connected, or disconnected.
Tip: You can run it in the background by using:
$ synce-gnome &
Note
If you get the following error:
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.free Notifications was not provided by any .service files
You should install a package called notification-daemon (that's the name of the package in Ubuntu).