Backup (Deja Dup) on Ubuntu 11.10 opens a backup window when auto backup kicks in and interferes with desktop usage

[Mark East]

I was using the Unity desktop on my Ubuntu 11.10 install this morning which has a daily backup to my Ubuntu One account enabled. As the machine was shut down last night the backup kicked in within a minute or two but opened a backup window right in the middle of my desktop. This operation should be silent in the background and a notification should be given when the operation has completed. It would also be nice if it was integrated into the top panel like Time Machine on Macs and would indicate to the user that a backup was taking place even if the Unity dock was hidden.

In short, the program should not maximise itself when the backup kicks in and interfere with the users work.

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

This was a workaround due to a bug in compiz. After deja-dup 20.0 is released next week, this will be fixed. (though it will show in the launcher, not the top panel)

[Mark East (feasty)]

Ok, sounds good. Looking forward to seeing the final release.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package deja-dup - 20.0-0ubuntu1

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deja-dup (20.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream bug-fix release
    - Go back to using minimized windows in compiz (LP: #855403)
  * debian/control:
    - No change standards bump to 3.9.2
    - Change yelp-tools Build-Depend to just itstool, as that's all
      that is needed
 -- Michael Terry <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:04:07 -0400