Deja Dup`s “Back Up Now” button is not highlighted
I have setup my backup folder and put the Automatic backups switch to on. In the Overview tab I cant press the "Back Up Now" because it is grayed out.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and here is the content of ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml :
$ cat ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="delete-after" mtime="1328975617" type="int" value="7"/>
<entry name="periodic-period" mtime="1328975577" type="int" value="1"/>
<entry name="exclude-list" mtime="1328975572" type="list" ltype="string">
<li type="string">
<stringvalue>/home/r2d2/.local/share/Trash</stringvalue>
</li>
</entry>
<entry name="periodic" mtime="1328988637" type="bool" value="true"/>
<entry name="backend" mtime="1328975520" type="string">
<stringvalue>file</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
11.10 backup deja-dup
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I have setup my backup folder and put the Automatic backups switch to on. In the Overview tab I cant press the "Back Up Now" because it is grayed out.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and here is the content of ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml :
$ cat ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="delete-after" mtime="1328975617" type="int" value="7"/>
<entry name="periodic-period" mtime="1328975577" type="int" value="1"/>
<entry name="exclude-list" mtime="1328975572" type="list" ltype="string">
<li type="string">
<stringvalue>/home/r2d2/.local/share/Trash</stringvalue>
</li>
</entry>
<entry name="periodic" mtime="1328988637" type="bool" value="true"/>
<entry name="backend" mtime="1328975520" type="string">
<stringvalue>file</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
11.10 backup deja-dup
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I have setup my backup folder and put the Automatic backups switch to on. In the Overview tab I cant press the "Back Up Now" because it is grayed out.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and here is the content of ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml :
$ cat ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="delete-after" mtime="1328975617" type="int" value="7"/>
<entry name="periodic-period" mtime="1328975577" type="int" value="1"/>
<entry name="exclude-list" mtime="1328975572" type="list" ltype="string">
<li type="string">
<stringvalue>/home/r2d2/.local/share/Trash</stringvalue>
</li>
</entry>
<entry name="periodic" mtime="1328988637" type="bool" value="true"/>
<entry name="backend" mtime="1328975520" type="string">
<stringvalue>file</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
11.10 backup deja-dup
asked Feb 11 '12 at 19:39
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3812721
I have setup my backup folder and put the Automatic backups switch to on. In the Overview tab I cant press the "Back Up Now" because it is grayed out.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and here is the content of ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml :
$ cat ~/.gconf/apps/deja-dup/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="delete-after" mtime="1328975617" type="int" value="7"/>
<entry name="periodic-period" mtime="1328975577" type="int" value="1"/>
<entry name="exclude-list" mtime="1328975572" type="list" ltype="string">
<li type="string">
<stringvalue>/home/r2d2/.local/share/Trash</stringvalue>
</li>
</entry>
<entry name="periodic" mtime="1328988637" type="bool" value="true"/>
<entry name="backend" mtime="1328975520" type="string">
<stringvalue>file</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
11.10 backup deja-dup
11.10 backup deja-dup
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That button is grayed out when a backup (or restore) is already in progress. Maybe one was running in the background?
Is the button enabled now?
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
2
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
1
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
add a comment |
In my case, there was no backup running but deja-dup had a couple of things running.
I did a ps -eaf | grep dup and killed the pids. Then I started DejaDup from the menu and the button was active.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
I usedkillall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.
– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
add a comment |
ps aux | grep deja
kill <pid of "deja-dup --backup --auto">
Immediately the backup button becomes active.
This should be reported as a bug as the frontend should either have a button to terminate running backups or automatically reconcile concurrent backups.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killingdeja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.
– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
add a comment |
My 'back up now' button was disabled. In my case the problem was that when I opened the Deja Dup config, the 'storage' option was set to 'Ubuntu One', and it opened another window for logging into that.
I changed the storage setting to a local drive, but it took me a while to realise I had to cancel the Ubuntu One login before Deja Dup would allow me to run a backup.
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
1
This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
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I ended the process found in the system monitor and the buttons immediately 'ungreyed'. They way I got into the problem was canceling a backup to postpone figuring out a password for it. I had shut down the machine several times since then but it was still stuck there I guess.
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
134
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Shorter version
Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal
pkill deja-dup
Re-run the "Backups" program and try again.
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
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That button is grayed out when a backup (or restore) is already in progress. Maybe one was running in the background?
Is the button enabled now?
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
2
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
1
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
add a comment |
That button is grayed out when a backup (or restore) is already in progress. Maybe one was running in the background?
Is the button enabled now?
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
2
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
1
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
add a comment |
That button is grayed out when a backup (or restore) is already in progress. Maybe one was running in the background?
Is the button enabled now?
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
That button is grayed out when a backup (or restore) is already in progress. Maybe one was running in the background?
Is the button enabled now?
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
answered Mar 17 '12 at 14:34
Michael TerryMichael Terry
3,4001431
3,4001431
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
2
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
1
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
add a comment |
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
2
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
1
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
I found the problem. I could not make any backup on my backup drive because it was created with an earlier install. So I have no write access to this disk. I am still trying to figure how to fix this. I tried chmod and chown without success. I am locked out of my backup drive...
– 01BTC10
Mar 18 '12 at 15:45
2
2
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
For me, it was the DejaDup popup window asking me to enter a passphrase to encrypt my first backup with.
– Nemo
Sep 1 '12 at 18:19
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
Thanks, good to know. Since there is no progress bar it is impossible to tell. I corroborated this by looking at the running processes.
– alfC
Jul 12 '16 at 19:05
1
1
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Yes, DejaDup has a horrible UI and doesn't tell you when it's running, much less report progress.
– Cerin
Oct 27 '16 at 19:38
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
Same issue. For me, there was a pop-window asking for entering a password minimized, which I did not notice, and it seems the main backup interface was waiting on me.
– Mohammed Joraid
Jul 8 '17 at 1:55
add a comment |
In my case, there was no backup running but deja-dup had a couple of things running.
I did a ps -eaf | grep dup and killed the pids. Then I started DejaDup from the menu and the button was active.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
I usedkillall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.
– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
add a comment |
In my case, there was no backup running but deja-dup had a couple of things running.
I did a ps -eaf | grep dup and killed the pids. Then I started DejaDup from the menu and the button was active.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
I usedkillall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.
– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
add a comment |
In my case, there was no backup running but deja-dup had a couple of things running.
I did a ps -eaf | grep dup and killed the pids. Then I started DejaDup from the menu and the button was active.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
In my case, there was no backup running but deja-dup had a couple of things running.
I did a ps -eaf | grep dup and killed the pids. Then I started DejaDup from the menu and the button was active.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:31
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
42.3k17115147
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
answered Dec 7 '12 at 12:08
Indigo42Indigo42
16113
16113
I usedkillall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.
– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
add a comment |
I usedkillall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.
– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
I used
killall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
I used
killall deja-dup. My problem was that i used an external drive, and i'ts not automounted, so the program startup didn't read any backup source. What it's a bit surprising it's that it can backup once you mount because the monitor, but don't enable Restore button.– erm3nda
Oct 5 '15 at 7:44
add a comment |
ps aux | grep deja
kill <pid of "deja-dup --backup --auto">
Immediately the backup button becomes active.
This should be reported as a bug as the frontend should either have a button to terminate running backups or automatically reconcile concurrent backups.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killingdeja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.
– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
add a comment |
ps aux | grep deja
kill <pid of "deja-dup --backup --auto">
Immediately the backup button becomes active.
This should be reported as a bug as the frontend should either have a button to terminate running backups or automatically reconcile concurrent backups.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killingdeja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.
– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
add a comment |
ps aux | grep deja
kill <pid of "deja-dup --backup --auto">
Immediately the backup button becomes active.
This should be reported as a bug as the frontend should either have a button to terminate running backups or automatically reconcile concurrent backups.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
ps aux | grep deja
kill <pid of "deja-dup --backup --auto">
Immediately the backup button becomes active.
This should be reported as a bug as the frontend should either have a button to terminate running backups or automatically reconcile concurrent backups.
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
edited Aug 23 '15 at 19:32
Eric Carvalho
42.3k17115147
42.3k17115147
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
answered Aug 23 '15 at 18:48
MrRobotMrRobot
8111
8111
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killingdeja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.
– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
add a comment |
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killingdeja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.
– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killing
deja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
Doing this solved my problem too. Interesting to note that no backup had occurred for almost 2 weeks even though daily backups were selected. In addition, within a few seconds of killing
deja-dup --backup, a new backup started automatically and continued to normal completion. It will be interesting to see if the normal auto backup completes normally tomorrow.– rickhg12hs
Jun 12 '17 at 7:10
add a comment |
My 'back up now' button was disabled. In my case the problem was that when I opened the Deja Dup config, the 'storage' option was set to 'Ubuntu One', and it opened another window for logging into that.
I changed the storage setting to a local drive, but it took me a while to realise I had to cancel the Ubuntu One login before Deja Dup would allow me to run a backup.
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
1
This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
add a comment |
My 'back up now' button was disabled. In my case the problem was that when I opened the Deja Dup config, the 'storage' option was set to 'Ubuntu One', and it opened another window for logging into that.
I changed the storage setting to a local drive, but it took me a while to realise I had to cancel the Ubuntu One login before Deja Dup would allow me to run a backup.
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
1
This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
add a comment |
My 'back up now' button was disabled. In my case the problem was that when I opened the Deja Dup config, the 'storage' option was set to 'Ubuntu One', and it opened another window for logging into that.
I changed the storage setting to a local drive, but it took me a while to realise I had to cancel the Ubuntu One login before Deja Dup would allow me to run a backup.
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
My 'back up now' button was disabled. In my case the problem was that when I opened the Deja Dup config, the 'storage' option was set to 'Ubuntu One', and it opened another window for logging into that.
I changed the storage setting to a local drive, but it took me a while to realise I had to cancel the Ubuntu One login before Deja Dup would allow me to run a backup.
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
answered Apr 2 '12 at 9:14
Greg BallGreg Ball
1694
1694
1
This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
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This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
1
1
This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
This exactly what had happened with my setup.
– Danny Staple
Aug 27 '12 at 22:27
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
Same thing here.
– DevNull
Sep 29 '13 at 4:17
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I ended the process found in the system monitor and the buttons immediately 'ungreyed'. They way I got into the problem was canceling a backup to postpone figuring out a password for it. I had shut down the machine several times since then but it was still stuck there I guess.
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
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I ended the process found in the system monitor and the buttons immediately 'ungreyed'. They way I got into the problem was canceling a backup to postpone figuring out a password for it. I had shut down the machine several times since then but it was still stuck there I guess.
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
134
add a comment |
I ended the process found in the system monitor and the buttons immediately 'ungreyed'. They way I got into the problem was canceling a backup to postpone figuring out a password for it. I had shut down the machine several times since then but it was still stuck there I guess.
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
134
I ended the process found in the system monitor and the buttons immediately 'ungreyed'. They way I got into the problem was canceling a backup to postpone figuring out a password for it. I had shut down the machine several times since then but it was still stuck there I guess.
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
134
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
134
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
134
answered Jul 17 '15 at 17:14
SpidyplantSpidyplant
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134
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Shorter version
Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal
pkill deja-dup
Re-run the "Backups" program and try again.
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
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Shorter version
Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal
pkill deja-dup
Re-run the "Backups" program and try again.
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
add a comment |
Shorter version
Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal
pkill deja-dup
Re-run the "Backups" program and try again.
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
Shorter version
Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal
pkill deja-dup
Re-run the "Backups" program and try again.
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
answered 2 hours ago
Tim AbellTim Abell
150111
150111
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