[SOLVED] How to Repair Timeshift?

[VoxelMints]

My Timeshift stopped working. I click on it, get a password prompt and then nothing.

I made a snapshot successfully, closed Timeshit, then It took longer than usual to log out. That's when it stopped working. I'm running a fully updated Mint 19 Cinnamon.

Is there a proper way of repairing Timeshift? Can I keep my Snapshots?

[Ironmongoose]

im not an expert though i do know there is a option to download it in the software extensions (i really cant remember what its called right now but that sounds right) so you might try uninstalling it then reinstalling it??

[VoxelMints]

Re-installing was my first thought but I wanted to keep my snapshots. I figured asking here first couldn't hurt.

[gm10]

You won't lose your snapshots if you reinstall. But I'm also not convinced it would fix your problem. You should first see what's wrong. Start timeshift from a terminal window so you get to see the error messages:

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timeshift-launcher

You can also check the timeshift log files in /var/log/timeshift/

[VoxelMints]

I ran the command like you suggested in the terminal here's the results:

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[Warning] Deleted invalid lock
E: JSON data must be UTF-8 encoded

(timeshift-gtk:17431): Json-CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: json_node_get_object: assertion 'JSON_NODE_IS_VALID (node)' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

(timeshift-gtk:17431): Json-CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: json_object_has_member: assertion 'object != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_string: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_string: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_bool: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_int: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_int: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_int: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_int: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_int: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_uint64: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

** (timeshift-gtk:17431): CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: tee_jee_json_helper_json_get_uint64: assertion 'jobj != NULL' failed

(timeshift-gtk:17431): Json-CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: json_object_has_member: assertion 'object != NULL' failed

(timeshift-gtk:17431): Json-CRITICAL **: 15:14:49.498: json_object_has_member: assertion 'object != NULL' failed
App config loaded: /etc/timeshift.json
/usr/bin/timeshift-launcher: line 30: 17431 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) pkexec ${app_command}

[gm10]

Looks like your timeshift configuration file is corrupt. Run this:

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sudo mv /etc/timeshift.json /etc/timeshift.json.bak

and see if it starts then.

[VoxelMints]

Wow that was a good call! That fixed it, I went through initial setup and everything works great now. Thank You!