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Mint backup tool hangs

Post by Jowin »

Whenever I try to backup the software with mint backup tool It stops working and hangs in the middle What to do??
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Re: Mint backup tool hangs

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Open a terminal, go to the folder you are trying to backup (if you want your entire home folder, you are already there). Then run this command to search for named pipes:

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find . -type p
Does it return any files? mintBackup can not deal with named pipes, see this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/846262

Workaround: Exclude all the files found with above command from your backup.
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Re: Mint backup tool hangs

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It doesnt return any output... Is there any other problem that could be happening??
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Re: Mint backup tool hangs

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You can check other bugs on mintBackup here.
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Re: Mint backup tool hangs

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xenopeek wrote:Open a terminal, go to the folder you are trying to backup (if you want your entire home folder, you are already there). Then run this command to search for named pipes:

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find . -type p
Does it return any files? mintBackup can not deal with named pipes, see this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/846262

Workaround: Exclude all the files found with above command from your backup.
This is helpful. I did this to find the offending files. There is still a problem though.
Named pipes files I found are in .lastpass which is a hidden directory. I do not see a way to make the mintbackup gui show the hidden directories so I can exclude them. Same thing with exclude files option-hidden directories are not shown in the gui.
Konstigt

Re: Mint backup tool hangs

Post by Konstigt »

Just click exclude directories, right click in the file area and choose "Show Hidden Files"
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Re: Mint backup tool hangs

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Konstigt wrote:Just click exclude directories, right click in the file area and choose "Show Hidden Files"
Thank you, Konstigt. That worked fine just excluding the .lastpass directory. I guess I just missed that setting the first time. Backup worked just fine.
ben2talk

Re: Mint backup tool hangs

Post by ben2talk »

Thanks for this.
That command takes a minute to scan and search - I chose to back out from ben and backup from /home...
I found that the problems were 1. Lastpass (where it stuck) AND 2. Mozilla

Entering backup tool - go to 'Next' after selecting to get an option to exclude...
You can do it by text (no need to browse hidden folders, just click to enter your own folder and type .cache/mozi and it autocompletes, hit enter. Same with .cache/lastpass/pip (hit tab, then enter) and it's done. Just the two on mine...

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ben: [~] find . -type p
find: `./.cache/dconf': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/4/B0': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/4/1F': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/4/0A': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/5/C6': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/5/7E': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/9/B8': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/9/B3': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/9/B5': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/9/72': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/9/20': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/0/11': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/2/C9': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/2/F0': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/2/58': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/7/65': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/7/E4': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/7/30': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/7/DE': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/D/BD': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/1/B5': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/1/FF': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/1/12': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/8/43': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/8/4D': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/8/A1': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/8/64': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/A/04': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/C/3B': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/C/57': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/B/E8': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/B/45': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/B/05': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/B/DE': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/3/D7': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/3/D9': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/E/E6': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/E/53': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/E/C5': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/E/D6': Permission denied
find: `./.cache/mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/Cache.Trash524043283/6/2D': Permission denied
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