'operation already pending' error when drive gets available, manual start required
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deja-dup (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have scheduled daily backups for a laptop to be kept forever on a drive that is often disconnected from the laptop. I connect it when I can; when I connect it, it gives a 'Backups failed' error stating that an operation is already pending. I must then open Backups from the launcher for this pending backup to begin. Please fix these two bugs (or single bug causing two problems?) so that the backup starts without telling me an operation (presumably the backup that starts) is already pending, and without me having to open Backups for it to start.
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: deja-dup 34.2-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Dec 27 17:51:10 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-20 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: deja-dup
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| Scott (ubuntuser1) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| Michael Terry (mterry) wrote | #2 |
| description: | updated |
| summary: |
- Backup trying to start twice when connecting external hard drive; given - 'operation already pending' error to close each time I connect the drive + Backups gives 'operation already pending' error when I connect the + drive, and I must open Backups to start this pending operation after + closing the error message. |
| summary: |
- Backups gives 'operation already pending' error when I connect the - drive, and I must open Backups to start this pending operation after - closing the error message. + 'operation already pending' error when drive gets available, manual + start required |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in deja-dup (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in deja-dup (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Michael Terry (mterry) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in deja-dup (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #6 |
| Changed in deja-dup (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
This sounds annoying, sorry! The version of deja-dup in Ubuntu 17.10 has reworked a bit of the external drive detection code, I wonder if that would work any better for you. (Not suggesting that you upgrade to a non-LTS necessarily, but just holding out hope that 18.04 will improve this for you when you eventually do an upgrade.)