When I boot-up I get this dialog: “Backup Failed: Failed with an unknown error”
Backup Failed
Failed with an unknown error.
When I booted-up this morning I got a dialog which presented the above message and no other information!
The dialog is "helpful" in that it tells me something is wrong, but I have no idea what it is referring to; so it isn't actually helpful.
What might be causing this "backup" error when I am starting the system?
I've restarted several times and keep getting the same message.
I checked the disks using System--Administration--Disk Utility via a Live-CD, and it reported no errors.
I've just now noticed one tell-tale sign which is probably significant, but I don't know how to interpret it...
My normal routine, with two of my drives (single partition per drive) is to manually mount them (via Nautilus)... However, what I've just noticed is that one of them is showing as already mounted at startup, which has not been the case prior to today...
I haven't got the hang of this mounting "stuff" yet.... but this seems to be a relevant point...
backup startup deja-dup
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Backup Failed
Failed with an unknown error.
When I booted-up this morning I got a dialog which presented the above message and no other information!
The dialog is "helpful" in that it tells me something is wrong, but I have no idea what it is referring to; so it isn't actually helpful.
What might be causing this "backup" error when I am starting the system?
I've restarted several times and keep getting the same message.
I checked the disks using System--Administration--Disk Utility via a Live-CD, and it reported no errors.
I've just now noticed one tell-tale sign which is probably significant, but I don't know how to interpret it...
My normal routine, with two of my drives (single partition per drive) is to manually mount them (via Nautilus)... However, what I've just noticed is that one of them is showing as already mounted at startup, which has not been the case prior to today...
I haven't got the hang of this mounting "stuff" yet.... but this seems to be a relevant point...
backup startup deja-dup
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
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asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
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@fred.bear this is your second post that is "putting out a fire" even though none exists...calm down. first OMG over terminal versus virtual terminal and now this
– RobotHumans
Nov 24 '10 at 23:26
1
@ aking1012: I'm afraid i find your comment oddly cryptic. I can't see how it helps me to resolve the issue of a Warning dialog which keeps appearing each and every time I boot up.. Perhaps you could expound on it a bit. You may not see "fire" but I see it every time I start my computer.
– Peter.O
Nov 25 '10 at 0:32
1
@aking1012 what in the world could possibly be wrong with either this Question or his prior one about virtual terminals? This one is exactly the sort of question this site was made for, the other one was incredibly interesting and valuable. »Surely you're joking«
– Stefano Palazzo♦
Nov 25 '10 at 1:24
1
Looks like the error comes from Deja Dup.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:30
@aking, he's asked a perfectly reasonable question about what appears to be a failing backup... if you want to tear people to shreds, go hang out in the old-fashioned forums, this is a place to help people with their problems.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:32
|
show 4 more comments
Backup Failed
Failed with an unknown error.
When I booted-up this morning I got a dialog which presented the above message and no other information!
The dialog is "helpful" in that it tells me something is wrong, but I have no idea what it is referring to; so it isn't actually helpful.
What might be causing this "backup" error when I am starting the system?
I've restarted several times and keep getting the same message.
I checked the disks using System--Administration--Disk Utility via a Live-CD, and it reported no errors.
I've just now noticed one tell-tale sign which is probably significant, but I don't know how to interpret it...
My normal routine, with two of my drives (single partition per drive) is to manually mount them (via Nautilus)... However, what I've just noticed is that one of them is showing as already mounted at startup, which has not been the case prior to today...
I haven't got the hang of this mounting "stuff" yet.... but this seems to be a relevant point...
backup startup deja-dup
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
1,47031833
asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
11.2k2697152
Backup Failed
Failed with an unknown error.
When I booted-up this morning I got a dialog which presented the above message and no other information!
The dialog is "helpful" in that it tells me something is wrong, but I have no idea what it is referring to; so it isn't actually helpful.
What might be causing this "backup" error when I am starting the system?
I've restarted several times and keep getting the same message.
I checked the disks using System--Administration--Disk Utility via a Live-CD, and it reported no errors.
I've just now noticed one tell-tale sign which is probably significant, but I don't know how to interpret it...
My normal routine, with two of my drives (single partition per drive) is to manually mount them (via Nautilus)... However, what I've just noticed is that one of them is showing as already mounted at startup, which has not been the case prior to today...
I haven't got the hang of this mounting "stuff" yet.... but this seems to be a relevant point...
backup startup deja-dup
backup startup deja-dup
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
1,47031833
asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
11.2k2697152
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
1,47031833
asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
11.2k2697152
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
1,47031833
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
1,47031833
edited Nov 25 '10 at 2:33
Jeremy
1,47031833
1,47031833
asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
11.2k2697152
asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
11.2k2697152
asked Nov 24 '10 at 22:56
Peter.OPeter.O
11.2k2697152
11.2k2697152
@fred.bear this is your second post that is "putting out a fire" even though none exists...calm down. first OMG over terminal versus virtual terminal and now this
– RobotHumans
Nov 24 '10 at 23:26
1
@ aking1012: I'm afraid i find your comment oddly cryptic. I can't see how it helps me to resolve the issue of a Warning dialog which keeps appearing each and every time I boot up.. Perhaps you could expound on it a bit. You may not see "fire" but I see it every time I start my computer.
– Peter.O
Nov 25 '10 at 0:32
1
@aking1012 what in the world could possibly be wrong with either this Question or his prior one about virtual terminals? This one is exactly the sort of question this site was made for, the other one was incredibly interesting and valuable. »Surely you're joking«
– Stefano Palazzo♦
Nov 25 '10 at 1:24
1
Looks like the error comes from Deja Dup.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:30
@aking, he's asked a perfectly reasonable question about what appears to be a failing backup... if you want to tear people to shreds, go hang out in the old-fashioned forums, this is a place to help people with their problems.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:32
|
show 4 more comments
@fred.bear this is your second post that is "putting out a fire" even though none exists...calm down. first OMG over terminal versus virtual terminal and now this
– RobotHumans
Nov 24 '10 at 23:26
1
@ aking1012: I'm afraid i find your comment oddly cryptic. I can't see how it helps me to resolve the issue of a Warning dialog which keeps appearing each and every time I boot up.. Perhaps you could expound on it a bit. You may not see "fire" but I see it every time I start my computer.
– Peter.O
Nov 25 '10 at 0:32
1
@aking1012 what in the world could possibly be wrong with either this Question or his prior one about virtual terminals? This one is exactly the sort of question this site was made for, the other one was incredibly interesting and valuable. »Surely you're joking«
– Stefano Palazzo♦
Nov 25 '10 at 1:24
1
Looks like the error comes from Deja Dup.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:30
@aking, he's asked a perfectly reasonable question about what appears to be a failing backup... if you want to tear people to shreds, go hang out in the old-fashioned forums, this is a place to help people with their problems.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:32
@fred.bear this is your second post that is "putting out a fire" even though none exists...calm down. first OMG over terminal versus virtual terminal and now this
– RobotHumans
Nov 24 '10 at 23:26
@fred.bear this is your second post that is "putting out a fire" even though none exists...calm down. first OMG over terminal versus virtual terminal and now this
– RobotHumans
Nov 24 '10 at 23:26
1
1
@ aking1012: I'm afraid i find your comment oddly cryptic. I can't see how it helps me to resolve the issue of a Warning dialog which keeps appearing each and every time I boot up.. Perhaps you could expound on it a bit. You may not see "fire" but I see it every time I start my computer.
– Peter.O
Nov 25 '10 at 0:32
@ aking1012: I'm afraid i find your comment oddly cryptic. I can't see how it helps me to resolve the issue of a Warning dialog which keeps appearing each and every time I boot up.. Perhaps you could expound on it a bit. You may not see "fire" but I see it every time I start my computer.
– Peter.O
Nov 25 '10 at 0:32
1
1
@aking1012 what in the world could possibly be wrong with either this Question or his prior one about virtual terminals? This one is exactly the sort of question this site was made for, the other one was incredibly interesting and valuable. »Surely you're joking«
– Stefano Palazzo♦
Nov 25 '10 at 1:24
@aking1012 what in the world could possibly be wrong with either this Question or his prior one about virtual terminals? This one is exactly the sort of question this site was made for, the other one was incredibly interesting and valuable. »Surely you're joking«
– Stefano Palazzo♦
Nov 25 '10 at 1:24
1
1
Looks like the error comes from Deja Dup.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:30
Looks like the error comes from Deja Dup.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:30
@aking, he's asked a perfectly reasonable question about what appears to be a failing backup... if you want to tear people to shreds, go hang out in the old-fashioned forums, this is a place to help people with their problems.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:32
@aking, he's asked a perfectly reasonable question about what appears to be a failing backup... if you want to tear people to shreds, go hang out in the old-fashioned forums, this is a place to help people with their problems.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:32
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The error appears, after some googling, to be with Deja Dup. As you've already solved it, I'll keep this short, but the solution was as follows (from comments):
All is well, once again (no Warning message)... I've purged and banished Deja Dup (I didn't like it anyhow. I prefer "Lucky Backup") -- fred.bear
answered Nov 25 '10 at 2:24
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I had this same problem. I resolved it by directing my backup to a new directory and doing a full backup. I did this because on a day earlier in the week I was unable to restore a directory and found a corrupt backup in the backup directory.
answered Feb 20 at 19:42
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The error appears, after some googling, to be with Deja Dup. As you've already solved it, I'll keep this short, but the solution was as follows (from comments):
All is well, once again (no Warning message)... I've purged and banished Deja Dup (I didn't like it anyhow. I prefer "Lucky Backup") -- fred.bear
answered Nov 25 '10 at 2:24
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The error appears, after some googling, to be with Deja Dup. As you've already solved it, I'll keep this short, but the solution was as follows (from comments):
All is well, once again (no Warning message)... I've purged and banished Deja Dup (I didn't like it anyhow. I prefer "Lucky Backup") -- fred.bear
answered Nov 25 '10 at 2:24
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The error appears, after some googling, to be with Deja Dup. As you've already solved it, I'll keep this short, but the solution was as follows (from comments):
All is well, once again (no Warning message)... I've purged and banished Deja Dup (I didn't like it anyhow. I prefer "Lucky Backup") -- fred.bear
answered Nov 25 '10 at 2:24
JeremyJeremy
1,47031833
The error appears, after some googling, to be with Deja Dup. As you've already solved it, I'll keep this short, but the solution was as follows (from comments):
All is well, once again (no Warning message)... I've purged and banished Deja Dup (I didn't like it anyhow. I prefer "Lucky Backup") -- fred.bear
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I had this same problem. I resolved it by directing my backup to a new directory and doing a full backup. I did this because on a day earlier in the week I was unable to restore a directory and found a corrupt backup in the backup directory.
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I had this same problem. I resolved it by directing my backup to a new directory and doing a full backup. I did this because on a day earlier in the week I was unable to restore a directory and found a corrupt backup in the backup directory.
answered Feb 20 at 19:42
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I had this same problem. I resolved it by directing my backup to a new directory and doing a full backup. I did this because on a day earlier in the week I was unable to restore a directory and found a corrupt backup in the backup directory.
answered Feb 20 at 19:42
William HaynesWilliam Haynes
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I had this same problem. I resolved it by directing my backup to a new directory and doing a full backup. I did this because on a day earlier in the week I was unable to restore a directory and found a corrupt backup in the backup directory.
answered Feb 20 at 19:42
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@fred.bear this is your second post that is "putting out a fire" even though none exists...calm down. first OMG over terminal versus virtual terminal and now this
– RobotHumans
Nov 24 '10 at 23:26
1
@ aking1012: I'm afraid i find your comment oddly cryptic. I can't see how it helps me to resolve the issue of a Warning dialog which keeps appearing each and every time I boot up.. Perhaps you could expound on it a bit. You may not see "fire" but I see it every time I start my computer.
– Peter.O
Nov 25 '10 at 0:32
1
@aking1012 what in the world could possibly be wrong with either this Question or his prior one about virtual terminals? This one is exactly the sort of question this site was made for, the other one was incredibly interesting and valuable. »Surely you're joking«
– Stefano Palazzo♦
Nov 25 '10 at 1:24
1
Looks like the error comes from Deja Dup.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:30
@aking, he's asked a perfectly reasonable question about what appears to be a failing backup... if you want to tear people to shreds, go hang out in the old-fashioned forums, this is a place to help people with their problems.
– Jeremy
Nov 25 '10 at 1:32