Cannot open BiT anymore

[Jr. Hames]

Today I open BiT for 2 or 3 times, after that, it refuses to open. Below there's a copy of the error I'm getting:

Back In Time
Version: 0.9.26

Back In Time comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `backintime-gnome --license' for details.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/backintime/gnome/app.py", line 1056, in <module>
    main_window = MainWindow( cfg, app_instance )
  File "/usr/share/backintime/gnome/app.py", line 281, in __init__
    self.update_all( True )
  File "/usr/share/backintime/gnome/app.py", line 388, in update_all
    self.update_folder_view( 1, selected_file, show_snapshots )
  File "/usr/share/backintime/gnome/app.py", line 1000, in update_folder_view
    new_iter = self.store_folder_view.append( [ item[0], rel_path, item[3], item[5], item[1], item[2], item[4] ] )
TypeError: value is of wrong type for this column

If you need more details, please, ask me.

Thanks in advance.

[Jr. Hames (jrhames)]

I can solve it by moving a file with a size of 3.56Gb to another folder, but, I think that the bug itself must be fixed.

[Dan (danleweb)]

This is a known bug but I can't reproduce it.
A quick fix is to edit "~/.config/backintime/config" and remove the gnome.last_path line.
Before removing it please copy the line to this bug.

[Richard Bailey (rmjb)]

This is a duplicate. The fix is in the linked bug #409130

[Jr. Hames (jrhames)]

The gnome.last_path is pointing to my home now, but I change it to the path containing the big file, and when I open BiT it crashes. The interesting is that if I open BiT and then browse to the path that contains the big file, it works (or don't crash, but the file size is wrong: 3Gb instead of 3.5).

[Bart de Koning (bratdaking)]

In the next release this bug is fixed. For your information it tries to
store the size in an int. However that does not fit for files bigger than I
thought 2.3 Gb, and the program crashes. (I changed it into a float, that
works)
As you have seen the program only crashes when it starts up the program and
encounters the file at that moment. If it encounters it later it produces an
error, however does not crash. This bug does not effect the snapshot making
process, so it does not influence your snapshots.

2009/11/25 Jr. Hames <email address hidden>

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 409130 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409130
>
> The gnome.last_path is pointing to my home now, but I change it to the
> path containing the big file, and when I open BiT it crashes. The
> interesting is that if I open BiT and then browse to the path that
> contains the big file, it works (or don't crash, but the file size is
> wrong: 3Gb instead of 3.5).
>
> --
> Cannot open BiT anymore
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487785
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 409130).
>