Steve Blackwell wrote at about 11:18:36 -0400 on Wednesday, August 12, 2009: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:06:37 -0400 > "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: > > > Steve Blackwell wrote at about 08:49:23 -0400 on Wednesday, August > > 12, 2009: > > > Backuppc has been behaving strangely lately. This is another > > > instance. > > ... > > > 05:00:06 Running BackupPC_link steve (pid=8901) > > > 2009-08-12 05:00:08 BackupPC_link got error -3 when calling > > > > > MakeFileLink(/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml, > > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3, 1) > > > > > > followed by 100,000+ of the same error on different files > > > > > > What is going on here? > > > > > > > Error -3 means that calling the perl function link (between a file in > > the pool and a name in the pc tree) failed. > > > > Try manually doing something like the following from the command line: > > link > > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 > > /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml > > Where do I need to be to run this?
>From the command line anywhere. Just type the command as-is. Actually type it as: su -u backuppc link ... so that it runs as user 'backuppc' If it works, you can undo it by typing: rm /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml (assuming the file didn't exist previously) > > > > > Potential reasons: > > - Files are on different filesystems > > - File system you are using doesn't allow hard links (what filesystem > > are you using) > > # mount > ... > /dev/sdd2 on /media/disk type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal) > ... > > > - Pool file somehow got erased before MakeFileLink was called or pc > > tree got erased > > - File system full (?) > > >From logwatch: > --------------------- Disk Space Begin ------------------------ > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 > 143G 57G 78G 43% / > /dev/sdb1 190M 21M 160M 12% /boot > /dev/sda1 112G 69G 44G 61% /mnt/c_drive > /dev/sdc1 7.6G 783M 6.9G 11% /media/UDISK > /dev/sdd1 466G 80M 466G 1% /media/WINDOWS_BACUP > /dev/sdd2 459G 30G 406G 7% /media/disk > > > ---------------------- Disk Space End ------------------------- > so plenty of space! > > > I guess I would ask what have you changed lately either for BackupPC > > specifically or on your setup in general? > > The backup drive is a 1TB external USB and my computer is getting a > little long in the tooth and the BIOS won't boot if I power on with it > connected. So I get lazy and don't always plug it in and restart the > backuppc service. What has changed is that I'm being more diligent in > making my backups and perhaps more significantly, I have recently > upgraded from F9 to F10. > > Thanks, > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
