On power up Deja returns error message

[Mark Preston]

My /tmp folder shows NO logs in the /tmp directory, as:

Deja-dup reported an error on power up:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1236, in <module>
    with_tempdir(main)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1229, in with_tempdir
    fn()
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1130, in main
    sync_archive()
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 910, in sync_archive
    remlist = globals.backend.list()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/giobackend.py", line 127, in list
    gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS)
Error: No such file or directory

mark@Lexington-19:/tmp$ dpkg-query -W deja-dup duplicity
deja-dup 11.1-0ubuntu0karmic1
duplicity 0.6.06-0ubuntu0karmic1

and

mark@Lexington-19:/tmp$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.10

[Mark Preston (emarkpreston)]

I wish I were better at computer-ing. (reporting info here)

I ran Deja this today as part of my weekly backup routine. I did this after power-up and received the above error message, again. I called Deja from the terminal, it ran it's check and then did the backup. No error msg. reported after that. While holding Deja open in the terminal, I ran

1. The file /tmp/deja-dup.log after running the following line and replicating the problem:
    DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup | tail -n 200 > /tmp/deja-dup.log

2. The file /tmp/deja-dup.gconf after running the following line:
    gconftool-2 --dump /apps/deja-dup > /tmp/deja-dup.gconf

The deja-dup.los is empty? (Hidden characters? - I don't know what or how to post that here)

 The contents of the deja-dup.gconf is as follows:

<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>delete-after</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/delete-after</schema_key>
      <value>
        <int>0</int>
      </value>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <key>encrypt</key>
      <schema_key>/schemas/apps/deja-dup/encrypt</schema_key>
      <value>
        <bool>false</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>
      <value>
        <string>2010-01-24T15:39:11.234167Z</string>
      </value>
    </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>/media/80gig-usb</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>
  </entrylist>
</gconfentryfile>

mark@Lexington-19:/tmp$ dpkg-query -W deja-dup duplicity
deja-dup 11.1-0ubuntu0karmic1
duplicity 0.6.06-0ubuntu0karmic1

and

mark@Lexington-19:/tm...

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Thank you for the report! An empty log file?

DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup | tail -n 200 > /tmp/deja-dup.log

Should really create a /tmp/deja-dup.log... If you do just:

DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup

do you see any output on the console?

[Mark Preston (emarkpreston)]

What I so inaptly was trying to say at launchpad is that I ran the
 DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup | tail -n 200 > /tmp/deja-dup.log
and closed the deja window and then the terminal. Looking at /tmp I saw the deja log.
Now I understand what you are asking me to do.
I opened the terminal, ran deja, saw the deja app on my desktop. Opened places/filesystem/tmp. There I see the deja-dup.log. It is empty, I think. Log file attached and properties shows it as zero byte file.
Let me know what to do, Michael. I'm pleased to try and help.
Also, for your convenience, on Skype I am Mark_in_Hollywood.

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[floflooo (florent-angly-gmail)]

I currently experience the same problem with deja-dup (15.3-2.fc14) and duplicity (0.6.09-1.fc13) on Fedora release 13 (Goddard) 64 bit.

Attached is the log from DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

Floflooo, I'm guessing this is an extremely poorly worded error message for when the backup destination does not exist. Does the folder "sftp://<email address hidden>/Volumes/Backup/florent" exist?

There is code to make that error message nicer, but it isn't functional yet, because it requires an unreleased version of duplicity.

[floflooo (florent-angly-gmail)]

You're right Michael... for some reason, my backup directory is not there anymore.
Nice to hear that you already have a fix for the obscure error message.