simple-backup-config doesn't work

[Andrew Conkling]

Binary package hint: sbackup

I just installed sbackup to try it out, ran 'sudo simple-backup-config' (well, from the Gnome Control Center, that is), and it does nothing. If I run it from a terminal, the process opens, but never presents anything, no window, no output. ps reports a process running from the GUI one, so at this hypothetical point I'd have two processes running.

[Aigars Mahinovs (aigarius)]

What version of sbackup are you running and on which Ubuntu?

[Andrew Conkling (andrewski)]

I guess that would be good info, huh? :)
This is 0.10.3-0.1 on Feisty.

[Oumar Aziz OUATTARA (wattazoum)]

Same here . Simple-backup-config just freezes after I launch it . Too bad :(

[Daan (dvetten)]

Here it also does not work (Feisty). Feisty installs Python 2.5 as standard Python version. When I run simple-backup-config under Python 2.4, it runs and saves the configuration.

So the workaround is:
To run it under Python 2.4, change the first line of /usr/sbin/simple-backup-config to read:
#!/usr/bin/python2.4

This should be fixed I think :-)

[Oumar Aziz OUATTARA (wattazoum)]

works on feisty version 0.10.3-0.1