At least for mail syncing I use this; Code: DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/100000/dbus/user_bus_socket" /bin/dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.meego.msyncd /synchronizer com.meego.msyncd.startSync string:'syncemail-3'
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=/run/user/100000/dbus/user_bus_socket" /bin/dbus-send --session --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.meego.msyncd /synchronizer com.meego.msyncd.startSync string:'syncemail-3'