Sorry, this should not have happened

[robert leleu]

An uncaught error occurred. Close this message window and restart the application.

Please report this error on https://bugs.launchpad.net/sbackup.

coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/ui/configgui.py", line 1103, in on_dest1_toggled
    self.on_dest_localpath_selection_changed()
  File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/ui/configgui.py", line 1542, in on_dest_localpath_selection_changed
    if (os.path.isdir(_target) and os.access(_target, os.R_OK | os.W_OK | os.X_OK)):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/genericpath.py", line 41, in isdir
    st = os.stat(s)
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

[Giacomo (poderi1980)]

I have the same problem.
Every time I launch sbackup I get the same error message. however, I can "close" the notification window and continue using sbackup.
The program seems to run fine (despite the error message), but I did not test whether backups are affected by the bug or not.

"Sorry, this should not have happened

An uncaught error occurred. Close this message window and restart the application.

Please report this error on https://bugs.launchpad.net/sbackup.

coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/ui/configgui.py", line 1103, in on_dest1_toggled
    self.on_dest_localpath_selection_changed()
  File "/usr/share/sbackup/sbackup/ui/configgui.py", line 1542, in on_dest_localpath_selection_changed
    if (os.path.isdir(_target) and os.access(_target, os.R_OK | os.W_OK | os.X_OK)):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/genericpath.py", line 41, in isdir
    st = os.stat(s)
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found"

[Lesley Lutomski (lutomski)]

I have been receiving this message every time I launch sbackup since upgrading to 13.04 a few days ago. It will not allow me to select a custom back-up destination, meaning I can no longer back-up to an external hard drive.

Rather defeats the purpose, if I can only back-up onto the same drive I'm backing-up ...

[robert leleu (robert-jean-leleu)]

I receive (twice) the bug message, but after that I'm able to set my USB drive as destination.

I'm not at home for the next days, but I am more precise later if you request.

[Lesley Lutomski (lutomski)]

Sorry, I should have been more specific.

The message appears when I open the "destination" tab and select "Use custom local backup directory". If I close the message and keep trying, I can eventually select my external drive (after the message has reappeared at each stage), but there is then no option to save the configuration. I can navigate to any other tab, make a change and then save the configuration, apparently still with the correct destination selected, but when I close the configuration, it reverts to "use default backup directory". It retains my other changes, but not the destination.

[robert leleu (robert-jean-leleu)]

I took some time because the normal destination of my backups is a USB
HD, who fails sometimes.

So I tested sending backups to a stable repertory.

I open Sbackup config : the bug displays twice
I select my destination (no save available) As a trick I change
p)lanning choice, and save, change back planning and save, then close.

Then Sbackup works according to my configuration (I tested 3 days)

But opening Sbackup config : the bug displays twice
………………

anyhow, according to https://launchpad.net/sbackup/+announcement/11998
the bug has been corrected, and it seems that there is a ppa in
launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team/+archive/ppa‎ te get the 11.6
However at the time launchpad is out of order.

la 10/09/2013 20:34, Lesley Lutomski skribis (esperanto estas la unua
internacia lingvo)
> Sorry, I should have been more specific.
>
> The message appears when I open the "destination" tab and select "Use
> custom local backup directory". If I close the message and keep trying,
> I can eventually select my external drive (after the message has
> reappeared at each stage), but there is then no option to save the
> configuration. I can navigate to any other tab, make a change and then
> save the configuration, apparently still with the correct destination
> selected, but when I close the configuration, it reverts to "use default
> backup directory". It retains my other changes, but not the destination.
>