I have (since months) deja-dup configured to backup on an external drive;
preferences are correct (seems so) in gconf, but when I open deja-dup (in any
way, be it to backup or restore), it starts as if it was unconfigured (asking
me i.e. to configure the Amazon account).

Attached is the output of "gconftool --dump /apps/deja-dup".

The bug looks similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/774897 , but
not really the same (deja-dup never crashed to me, and on the other hand the
workaround didn't work for me).

I also tried to recompile applying the attached patch (coming from the Ubuntu
package), but with no luck.

So at the moment I'm unable to backup/restore anything.

Il giorno sab, 08/10/2011 alle 12.14 +0200, Pietro Battiston ha scritto:
migrations my settings - i.e. the exclude-list, but possibly everything
- had not been completely migrated, I had to do that manually).

I was also able to run a backup: simply clicking "backup", I get S3, but
if in the dropdown menu I select my USB drive, I find it correctly
configured (the destination folder) and I can backup just fine.
What I cannot do at all is restoring, because in that dialog I cannot
even switch from S3 to anything else.

Notice that, in the preferences, if for instance I set "custom location"
and close, when I reopen I still see it. It's only if I choose my
external HD (_any_ of my external HDs) that when I reopen I see
"S3" (and dconf-editor shows me that indeed the change is made, for
instance, when reopening the "preferences" window, not just when
starting deja-dup).

Pietro

The bug is _probably_ solved, which means i'm able to backup without
having to specify the destination every time.

I currently can't test restore (because of bug #650856), but when I'm
able I will (presumably) close this.

Pietro