sbackup --legacy-indicator 2>&1 | tee log-sbackup here is my output: 2011-01-14 08:02:45,233 - INFO: Log output for [Default Profile] is directed to file '/var/log/sbackup/sbackup.2011-01-14_08.02.45.232742.log'. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,234 - INFO: Profile settings are being read from file '/etc/sbackup.conf'. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,237 - INFO: Preparation of backup process 2011-01-14 08:02:45,238 - INFO: Initializing GIO File Access Manager. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,244 - INFO: Backup destination: /media/backup/new-daily-backup-sbackup 2011-01-14 08:02:45,245 - INFO: Perform tests at specified location 2011-01-14 08:02:45,254 - INFO: Checking for snapshots stored in old formats 2011-01-14 08:02:45,257 - INFO: Corrupt snapshot `2011-01-14_08.01.52.920468.rolling.corrupt` found. Skipped. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,267 - INFO: Corrupt snapshot `2011-01-14_08.01.52.920468.rolling.corrupt` found. Skipped. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,269 - INFO: Last full backup is fresh (4 days old )-> make an increment 2011-01-14 08:02:45,270 - INFO: Snapshot '2011-01-14_08.02.45.270048.rolling.inc' is being made. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,271 - INFO: Setting Base to '2011-01-14_08.02.13.031316.rolling.inc'. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,271 - INFO: Setting packages File. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,374 - INFO: Setting Excludes File. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,374 - INFO: Setting compression format to `bzip2` 2011-01-14 08:02:45,374 - INFO: Option 'Follow symbolic links' is disabled. 2011-01-14 08:02:45,375 - INFO: Inspect file system and collect file infos 2011-01-14 08:02:47,452 - INFO: File '/home/..... lots of files :-) 2011-01-14 08:02:52,210 - INFO: Summary of backup 2011-01-14 08:02:52,210 - INFO: Number of directories: 3266. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,210 - INFO: Total number of files: 36890. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,211 - INFO: Number of symlinks: 224. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,211 - INFO: Number of files included in snapshot: 0. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,211 - INFO: Number of new files (also included): 0. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,212 - INFO: Number of files skipped in incremental snapshot: 36890. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,212 - INFO: Number of items forced to be excluded: 11. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,212 - INFO: Number of items to be excluded by config: 890. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,212 - INFO: Maximum free size required is '1 MiB 721 KiB'. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,213 - INFO: Available disk size is '46646 MiB 968 KiB'. 2011-01-14 08:02:52,220 - INFO: Snapshot is being committed 2011-01-14 08:02:52,230 - INFO: Launching TAR to make incremental backup. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,170 - INFO: Leading '/' from member names were removed. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,171 - INFO: TAR returned a message: Total bytes written: 4741120 (4.6MiB, 2.6MiB/s) 2011-01-14 08:02:54,171 - INFO: TAR has been finished successfully. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,207 - INFO: Corrupt snapshot `2011-01-14_08.01.52.920468.rolling.corrupt` found. Skipped. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,209 - INFO: Simple purge - remove freestanding snapshots older than 7 days. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,213 - INFO: Corrupt snapshot `2011-01-14_08.01.52.920468.rolling.corrupt` found. Skipped. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,215 - INFO: Backup process finished. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,221 - INFO: Terminating GIO File Access Manager. 2011-01-14 08:02:54,221 - INFO: Processing of profile successfully finished (no errors) 2011-01-14 08:02:54,223 - INFO: SBackupdDBusObject is being terminated. Unable to get PID of process 'gnome-session'. Unable to get PID of process 'ksmserver'. Neither Gnome nor KDE session is running Unable to get PID of process 'gnome-session'. Unable to get PID of process 'ksmserver'. Neither Gnome nor KDE session is running Unable to get PID of process 'gnome-session'. Unable to get PID of process 'ksmserver'. Neither Gnome nor KDE session is running Unable to get PID of process 'gnome-session'. Unable to get PID of process 'ksmserver'. Neither Gnome nor KDE session is running D-Bus session bus launched DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-1FLr28qFJR,guid=19577d2cb3beb0e1611c86eb00000584 DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID=4478 Now launching indicator application (status icon). Unable to get KDE Session Manager: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.kde.ksmserver was not provided by any .service files Unable to get Gnome Session Manager: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files No DE found using D-Bus. Looking for process id. Unable to get PID of process 'gnome-session'. Unable to get PID of process 'ksmserver'. Neither Gnome nor KDE session is running No desktop session found. Indicator application is not started. Failed to set GID to `admin`: 'getgrnam(): name not found: admin' drop privileges: running as nobody/nogroup