Deja Dup does not remember local folder

[Keith Drummond]

Binary package hint: deja-dup

Ubuntu 11.04 Beta

When backup runs it should backup to specified folder on external drive
Instead when backup runs it does not remember the local folder settings and just backs up to the external drive but not to the specified folder. This has only started to occur since the upgrade to Natty from Maverick

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: deja-dup 17.92-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: a01bf52ed245bc40874a949e0d429755
CheckboxSystem: b633b4f40868d491c2ae5b50030ce6f3
Date: Sat Apr 2 23:43:19 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101006.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: deja-dup
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (1 days ago)
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Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: a01bf52ed245bc40874a949e0d429755
CheckboxSystem: b633b4f40868d491c2ae5b50030ce6f3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
Package: deja-dup 18.1.1-0ubuntu1.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IE:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_IE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.47-generic 2.6.38.8
Tags: natty running-unity
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Does this still happen on the final 11.04?

[Keith Drummond (kd353)]

When I tried after the final release, yes, but have not tried recently (have been relying on backintime). I can reinstall and try again in the next few hours

[Keith Drummond (kd353)]

- Reinstalled deja dup
- Went into preferences, selected 'local folder' and choose the folders I wanted to back up
- Restarted the computer
- After the restart deja dup was still looking for the old settings and external drive that is no longer connected

What would be the best way to purge all the old settings for deja dup so I could try from scratch?

[Keith Drummond (kd353)]

Just tried purging Deja Dup and Duplicity from my computer. I then deleted my dconf settings. Restarted the computer, reinstalled Deja Dup, but the problem still persists. I had tried using dconf-editor to reset all the deja dup settings to default, but on each restart they old remembered settings kept returning.

If I can provide any further information then please let me know.

[Keith Drummond (kd353)]

apport information

[Keith Drummond (kd353)]

I have reinstalled Ubuntu 11.04, but made sure I formatted my Home partition too. Now Deja Dup is working fine exactly like it used too, my daily backups run to the selected external drive with no errors. I know it was a little overkill, but some config setting somewhere was obviously causing all this bother. Some people have suggested dconf, but I am unsure. For my part you can close the bug now.