DDRescue-GUI

(Ubuntu 16.04) ddrescue: invalid option -f

Bug #1650637 reported by Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty
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DDRescue-GUI
Invalid
Undecided
Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty

Bug Description

Hi,

I'm VERY new to Ubuntu (still don't understand where my applications folder is!!!), but I'm desperate to learn and use ddrescue to try and perform some DR on a very important HDD.

Anyway to the question in hand.

I've installed ddRescue GUI and have started off the process and before it starts an alert pops up and says ...

We didn't get ddrescue's initial status! This probably means ddrescue aborted immediately ...

and underneath that ...

ddrescue:invalid option -f

Is that to do with "fill given type areas"?

And what do I need to do to fix it so I can get my wife's photos of our children back.

Thanks very much for what looks like an awesome program.

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Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

Okay -- converted to bug report, you should be able to add the images here using the "Add attachment or patch" button below the text box for entering comments.

Hamish

Changed in ddrescue-gui:
status: New → Incomplete
assignee: nobody → Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb)
Revision history for this message
Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

Hi,

Sorry this took me a while to have a proper look at it. I can't seem to reproduce your bug, even though I'm using the same OS and settings as you, could you try running it again and see if it was just a one-off glitch for me please?

Thanks,
Hamish

Changed in ddrescue-gui:
status: Incomplete → New
milestone: none → 1.6.1
Revision history for this message
Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

There's been a few new versions now, do you know if this still occurs in 1.7.1?

Thanks,
Hamish

Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb)
Changed in ddrescue-gui:
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

Seeing as we've had major changes in the new version 2.0.0, I'm going to go ahead and mark this as invalid. If this crops up again I'll have another look.

Changed in ddrescue-gui:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Anna (intoxicologist)
no longer affects: ubuntu
Revision history for this message
Anna (intoxicologist) wrote :

Hi,
I am having same issue on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Both DDRescue-GUI v2.0.2 and teminal

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Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

Hi, thanks for letting me know.

After running DDRescue-GUI and experiencing this problem, could you please save and attach the log file? That should help me find the cause.

Hamish

Changed in ddrescue-gui:
status: Invalid → Incomplete
milestone: 1.6.1 → 2.0.2
Revision history for this message
Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

I spoke to Antonio about this (the author of GNU ddrescue) to see if he had any ideas about causes.

He noted that the -f option was only added in ddrescue 1.13. Any chance you might have downgraded ddrescue to version 1.12 or older?

Revision history for this message
Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty (hamishmb) wrote :

Marking as invalid as it has been inactive for so long.

Changed in ddrescue-gui:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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