I have/had the same problem - and think I figured out the problem, as
well as identified another crash-bug:
The settings *are* saved... there's just a bad bug in the code that
parses the backend settings. Notice that the schedule, encryption,
files, and whether or not you've turned it on/off are saved properly.
Only the backend resets to AmazonS3 (the first one in the list), when
you re-enter the dialog.
The reason is: It doesn't set the dialog correctly if the file type is
'volume' instead of 'normal'.
In my case, I was trying to change it to use a folder on a locally
mounted drive 'consus'. In the 'Backup Location' dropdown list, my
mountpoint showed as one of the options, and I was selecting it there.
My dropdown list looked something like this:
AmazonS3
Rackspace cloud Files
-----------
FTP
SSH
WebDAV
Windows Share
Custom Location
------------
consus
System Reserved
------------
Local Folder
But,l after consus (and picking a folder on that drive), exiting and re-
entering Backup would show AmazonS3 as the selection again.
So next I tried selecting 'Local Folder'. Which made the dialog
immediately crash.
The reason it crashes here is because it's trying to do something with
the folder path, but it doesn't default to a valid path (it's null).
When a user does this, they'll find they can't go back in and fix it -
it crashes immediately after selecting 'Backup' from the control
center::
evil@saturn:/$ gnome-control-center
(gnome-control-center:9712): Gtk-WARNING **:
/build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.0.9/./gtk/gtkwidget.c:6786: widget not within a
GtkWindow
Segmentation fault
The solution is to run dconf-editor and changed the org.gnome.deja-
dup.file path to a real path ('/'). This fixes the crash.
Now... the WORKAROUND for the original problem everyone was having:
Choose 'Custom Location', then put something in the Folder field, then
switch to 'Local Folder'. Do *not* exit the Folder field if it is blank
when you have Custom Location set, or you will end up with the same
crash bug I outline above.
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