[Desktop-packages] [Bug 657518] Re: If free space is not reported, Deja Dup assumes zero

2012-08-24 Thread Lucas Silva
HI, to correct my previous post. The free space of the primary_folder_to_backup_in is 0 bytes. If i try to backup in a sub-folder (that already exists, and has a free space unkown), deja-dup does not have permission, and do not proceed with the backup (Permission of "folder_to_back_up" could no

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 657518] Re: If free space is not reported, Deja Dup assumes zero

2012-08-24 Thread Lucas Silva
Hi all, I am facing a similar problem with version 20.1, on Ubuntu 11.10. I am trying to set a backup on a samba server (I am not sure if it is really a samba server): I am connected to smb://user@IP via windows share in nautilus. Deja-dup beggins the scanning, but reports: Backup location is t

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 657518] Re: If free space is not reported, Deja Dup assumes zero

2011-10-31 Thread Michael Terry
Jerry, I would normally ask you to file a new bug, as that is a different engineering problem from this one. This is worth its own discussion, though I'm doubting whether there's much Deja Dup should do in such a situation. To answer your question, there is no current workaround to ignore the fre

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 657518] Re: If free space is not reported, Deja Dup assumes zero

2011-10-28 Thread Jerry
Hi Michael; I have a similar problem, but different enough that your bugfix doesn't cover it. My networked drive does report a value of available space; it's just an incorrect value (it's always 1GB). I also know for a fact how much space my drive has left, and I can manage the free space by sett