I have this very same problem On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 10:25 AM Michael Terry <m...@mterry.name wrote:
> ** Changed in: deja-dup > Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1788393). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1804744 > > Title: > Restoring from new location does not find backup files > > Status in Déjà Dup: > Fix Released > Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > 1. I back up my computer to my external hard drive > 2. I reinstall my new distro > 3. I install deja-dup and duplicity > 4. I open deja-dup, and select restore > 5. I select my external hard drive and the restore directory > 6. Deja-dup fails with "no backup found" message and creates a new > backup directory on the hard drive > > This indicated to me that deja dup ignored the restore directory I > entered, and instead used the default directory, which did not exist, > hence restore fails because the backend is told to look in the wrong > place for the backup! This seems like more a user interface issue than > an issue with the backup. > > Here is the workflow I had to use to restore my backup: > > 1. Set storage location to "local folder" and then manually navigate to > the folder on my external hard drive. If I did not do this specifically, > then backup would fail. Selecting the external hard drive directly as the > device and entering the folder in the "folder" field also fails. > 2. Select restore and again use "local folder" and manually navigate to > the folder on my external hard drive. If I instead try to use the hard > drive device listed and enter the backup folder in the "folder" field, the > restore also fails. > > This issue occurs on both Ubuntu 18.04.1 and ElementaryOS Juno. > > lsb_release -d > Description: elementary OS 5.0 Juno > > dpkg-query -W deja-dup duplicity > deja-dup 37.1-2fakesync1 > duplicity 0.7.17-0ubuntu1 > > gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.DejaDup > /tmp/deja-dup.gsettings > cat /tmp/deja-dup.gsettings > org.gnome.DejaDup last-restore '2018-11-23T01:39:44.556645Z' > org.gnome.DejaDup periodic true > org.gnome.DejaDup periodic-period 1 > org.gnome.DejaDup full-backup-period 90 > org.gnome.DejaDup backend 'local' > org.gnome.DejaDup last-run '2018-11-23T01:39:44.556645Z' > org.gnome.DejaDup nag-check '' > org.gnome.DejaDup prompt-check '2018-11-22T12:34:36.095106Z' > org.gnome.DejaDup root-prompt true > org.gnome.DejaDup include-list ['$HOME'] > org.gnome.DejaDup exclude-list ['/home/ethan/.local/share/Trash'] > org.gnome.DejaDup last-backup '' > org.gnome.DejaDup allow-metered false > org.gnome.DejaDup delete-after 0 > org.gnome.DejaDup.Rackspace username '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Rackspace container 'ethan-laptop' > org.gnome.DejaDup.S3 id '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.S3 bucket '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.S3 folder 'ethan-laptop' > org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack authurl '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack tenant '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack username '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack container 'ethan-laptop' > org.gnome.DejaDup.GCS id '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.GCS bucket '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.GCS folder 'ethan-laptop' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Local folder '/media/ethan/porta_500gb/m1330' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Remote uri '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Remote folder 'ethan-laptop' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive uuid '1919a422-d154-4e19-b551-f74b56cf1f0e' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive icon '. GThemedIcon drive-harddisk-usb > drive-harddisk drive' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive folder 'm1330' > org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive name 'porta_500gb' > org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA id '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA folder 'ethan-laptop' > org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA type 'google' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File short-name '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File type 'normal' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File migrated true > org.gnome.DejaDup.File name '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File path '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File uuid '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File icon '' > org.gnome.DejaDup.File relpath @ay [] > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1804744/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1804744 Title: Restoring from new location does not find backup files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1804744/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
