I installed the version of deja-dup from -proposed for artful and can confirm the restore dialog is no longer blank.
$ apt-cache policy deja-dup deja-dup: Installed: 36.3-0ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 36.3-0ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 36.3-0ubuntu0.1 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 36.2-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages ** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725432 Title: Restore failed due to missing source option Status in Déjà Dup: Fix Released Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in deja-dup source package in Artful: Fix Committed Bug description: [ Impact ] Users can't restore a backup on a fresh install from the deja-dup UI. [ Test Case ] Open "Backups" (or run 'deja-dup') and click the "Restore..." button. You should see a dropdown with options for a location, but instead with this bug, you see an empty dialog. [ Regression Potential ] Pretty small. The proposed patch just moves some widget initialization earlier. [ Original Bug Description ] Installed a new Ubuntu 17.10, created my user and tried to restore the backups from the server. Pressed Overview, Restore and get an empty dialog. From screen shots I found I assume there should be some drop downs or buttons etc. but my dialog is empty. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1725432/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp