back up failed with unknown failure
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Déjà Dup |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I use Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon version 3.6.7 64-bit. Deja Dup version is 34.2-0ubuntu1.1. I am not an experienced computerist
This is the failure information that the program reports:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
with_
File "/usr/bin/
fn()
File "/usr/bin/
do_
File "/usr/bin/
sync_
File "/usr/bin/
remote_
File "/usr/bin/
pr = file_naming.
File "/usr/lib/
pr = check_full()
File "/usr/lib/
t = str2time((m1 or m2).group("time"), short)
File "/usr/lib/
t = dup_time.
File "/usr/lib/
return override_curtime - intstringtoseco
File "/usr/lib/
error()
File "/usr/lib/
raise TimeException(
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xec in position 15: ordinal not in range(128)
Changed in deja-dup: | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
That’s a fairly dated version of duplicity being used (and Deja Dup to be fair).
Duplicity has had a rough transition to python3, with various Unicode translation errors like this. I’d say: either update your system of Mint or try the flatpak version of Deja Dup. Are either of those possible?