Deja Dup needs to wait for any network-up on login

[Jeff]

Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04, Gnome, Notebook, wifi - when logging in, Dup launches immediately before wifi can restore default connection (or any connection). Throws error about "smb:xxx not available". Should 1) check for any network up first, 2) wait 60+ sec before attempting to initialize backup.

/tmp/deja-dup.gconf...

<gconfentryfile>
  <entrylist base="/apps/deja-dup">
    <entry>
      <key>backend</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/backend</schema_key>
      <value>
        <string>file</string>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>encrypt</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/encrypt</schema_key>
      <value>
        <bool>true</bool>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>exclude-list</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/exclude-list</schema_key>
      <value>
        <list type="string">
            <value>
              <string>$TRASH</string>
            </value>
        </list>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>include-list</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/include-list</schema_key>
      <value>
        <list type="string">
            <value>
              <string>$HOME</string>
            </value>
        </list>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>last-run</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/last-run</schema_key>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>periodic</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/periodic</schema_key>
      <value>
        <bool>true</bool>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>periodic-period</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/periodic-period</schema_key>
      <value>
        <int>7</int>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>file/path</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/file/path</schema_key>
      <value>
        <string>smb://iostorage-001/backup/</string>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>s3/bucket</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/s3/bucket</schema_key>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>s3/folder</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/s3/folder</schema_key>
      <value>
        <string>/</string>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>s3/id</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/s3/id</schema_key>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>ssh/directory</key>
      <value>
        <string>/Backup/conveyor/</string>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>ssh/server</key>
      <value>
        <string>192.168.1.7</string>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>ssh/username</key>
      <value>
        <string>sopolev</string>
      </value>
    </entry>
  </entrylist>
</gconfentryfile>

dpkg-query -W deja-dup duplicity...
deja-dup 10.1-0jaunty1
duplicity 0.6.00-0jaunty2

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Agreed. It should talk to NetworkManager and know not to do anything without a network connection (if the backup location is remote). Then it should wait until one is available.

[Jeff (sopolev)]

Thanks - appreciate the great work.

[emilio (emiliomaggio)]

Probably the easiest solution is to catch this error and simply retry in 10 minutes.