[SOLVED] - TimeShift does not complete

[guille_pm]

I have searched the forums and web trying to find a solution, but nothing has worked so far...
I'm trying to create a snapshot using TimeShift, but it doesn't seem to be doing much.

Here are my specs

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 8460p
    v: A0001D02 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 161C v: KBC Version 97.4E
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68SCF Ver. F.63
    date: 05/27/2016
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 5.4 Wh (49.5%) condition: 10.9/10.9 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 12.1 min: 10.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2929 high: 2994 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 2891
    2: 2951 3: 2994 4: 2881 bogomips: 19954
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: radeon v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, VGA-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6760 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation HP HD Webcam [Fixed] type: USB
    driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-1.4:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:2805 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
  Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 108 size: 320x187mm (12.6x7.4")
    diag: 371mm (14.6")
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.15.0-67-generic LLVM 15.0.6)
    v: 3.3 Mesa 22.2.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6450 / 7450/8450/8490 OEM R5
    230/235/235X OEM]
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa98 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media USB Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 0d8c:0012
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-67-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 5020 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4238 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: lxcbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 745.22 GiB used: 239.85 GiB (32.2%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 96R9 scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: MK3261GSYN
    size: 298.09 GiB type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1.14 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 27.99 GiB used: 20.91 GiB (74.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
  ID-2: /home size: 115.83 GiB used: 39.95 GiB (34.5%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda7
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.14 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 84.0 C mobo: 65.0 C gpu: radeon temp: 65.5 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2698
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
    1: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/anonbeat-guayadeque-focal.list
    1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/anonbeat/guayadeque/ubuntu jammy main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/anydesk-stable.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozillateam-ppa-focal.list
    1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openjdk-r-ppa-focal.list
    1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openjdk-r/ppa/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/remmina-ppa-team-remmina-next-focal.list
    1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/remmina-ppa-team/remmina-next/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Processes: 299 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 1 Memory: 11.64 GiB
  used: 3.59 GiB (30.8%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12/9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.13

I'm running TImeShift from the terminal, in debug mode. Here is the output

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Estimating system size...
D: estimate_system_size()
D: Using temp dir '/tmp/2AJpPz1N'
D: Main: save_exclude_list_for_backup()
D: Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup()
D: Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup(): exit
D: export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ; rsync -ai --delete --numeric-ids --relative --stats --dry-run --delete-excluded --exclude-from='/tmp/2AJpPz1N/exclude.list' /. '/tmp/2AJpPz1N/empty' &> '/tmp/2AJpPz1N/rsync.log'
D: First snapshot size: 140.8 TB
D: File count: 718702
D: Main: save_app_config()
D: SnapshotRepo: available()
D: is_available: ok
D: SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
App config saved: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
D: estimate_system_size(): ok
Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
Saving to device: /dev/sdb2, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/6659/backup
D: Main: save_exclude_list_for_backup()
D: Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup()
D: Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup(): exit
Syncing files with rsync...
D: RsyncTask:execute()
D: export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
rsync -aii --recursive --verbose --delete --force --stats --sparse --delete-excluded --log-file='/run/timeshift/6659/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-03-21_10-43-12/rsync-log' --exclude-from='/run/timeshift/6659/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-03-21_10-43-12/exclude.list' --delete-excluded '/' '/run/timeshift/6659/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-03-21_10-43-12/localhost/'
D: RsyncTask:prepare(): saved: /tmp/2AJpPz1N/2023-03-21_10-43-24/script.sh
D: AsyncTask: child_pid: 6704
  0.00% complete (??? remaining)

The terminal stays there, I even left it for 10 hours, but it didn't move.
It seems like TimeShift is estimating an initial snapshot of 140 TB, although I'm running on a much smaller partition.

What do you think could be the problem?

Thanks in advance!!!

[AndyMH]

If you have included /home, don't.
Do you have any partitions on other drives (or network shares) mounted outside /mnt or /media?
Have you messed around with the filters in settings?
140TB - not surprised it is still going after 10 hours.

[Cosmo.]

I would never had believed, that a private user would own a 3 digit value of TB drives, even with external drives. Something is unbelievable.

Seriously: A drives sizes in the system (inclusive not used parts) are far less than 2 TB. So something must confuse Timeshift and out of this reason TS does something wrong.

[guille_pm]

The following directories are excluded

/home/<myuser>/**
/home/cshell/**
/root/**

Here are the results of the mount command

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sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=6041960k,nr_inodes=1510490,mode=755,inode64)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=1220552k,mode=755,inode64)
/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k,inode64)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate,memory_recursiveprot)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
bpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=29,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=12829)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tracefs on /sys/kernel/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
none on /run/credentials/systemd-sysusers.service type ramfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700)
/dev/sda7 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=1220548k,nr_inodes=305137,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
portal on /run/user/1000/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
/dev/sda5 on /opt/chroot/tmp type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
udev on /opt/chroot/dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=6041960k,nr_inodes=1510490,mode=755,inode64)
devpts on /opt/chroot/dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
sysfs on /opt/chroot/sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
/dev/sda5 on /opt/chroot/var/log type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /opt/chroot/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=1220552k,mode=755,inode64)
/proc on /opt/chroot/proc type proc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /opt/chroot/dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64)
/dev/sda5 on /opt/chroot/tmp/.X11-unix type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda5 on /tmp/.X11-unix type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)

[trytip]

I would never had believed, that a private user would own a 3 digit value of TB drives, even with external drives. Something is unbelievable.

if you check properties for /proc you find out the exact value is 140.7 TB i'm sure on your system also.
something happened when OP included which folders to backup and need to check what's selected

[guille_pm]

Yup, you're right, /proc properties says that there are 468.592 items totalling 140,7 TB. I understand now that I could filter this directory out of my Timeshift snapshot.
It's weird though that Timeshift has been working well so far, and I have not done any changes to filters.
Anyway, I'll give it a try and see how it goes.

[trytip]

Anyway, I'll give it a try and see how it goes.

in your case if you haven't changed any settings more than likely your drive is FULL with automated snapshots. how large is your timeshift folder?

[guille_pm]

I gave it another try, but the same thing is happening.
Before doing it, I actually deleted all existing snapshots, deleted all logs and removed Timeshift (remove completely using Synaptics)
I then installed it again, set it up, and verified that /proc is being excluded (I left the defaults, and checked the Summary page, /proc/* is listed there)
Then tried it again, but it's stuck in "Syncing files with rsync". The bar below is empty, and the time remaining shows "??? remaining".

This is the log

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[15:43:59] Session log file: /var/log/timeshift/2023-03-22_15-43-59_gui.log
[15:43:59] Distribution: LinuxMint 21 (vanessa)
[15:43:59] DIST_ID: LinuxMint
[15:43:59] Main: check_dependencies()
[15:43:59] Main: add_default_exclude_entries()
[15:43:59] Main: add_default_exclude_entries(): exit
[15:43:59] update_partitions()
[15:43:59] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 2
[15:43:59] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 2
[15:43:59] Device: get_filesystems(): 9
[15:43:59] partition list updated
[15:43:59] detect_system_devices()
[15:43:59] / is mapped to device: /dev/sda5, UUID=dbb44c50-5e7e-4172-a766-21cc4f3dfa78
[15:43:59] /home is mapped to device: /dev/sda7, UUID=49452b9f-d178-4656-8785-44c44f71d6f2
[15:43:59] Searching subvolume for system at path: /
[15:43:59] Users: guille root cshell
[15:43:59] Encrypted home users: 
[15:43:59] Encrypted home dirs:

[15:43:59] Encrypted private dirs:

[15:43:59] Main: load_app_config()
[15:43:59] Member not found in JSON object: snapshot_size
[15:43:59] Member not found in JSON object: snapshot_count
[15:43:59] App config loaded: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
[15:43:59] IconManager: init()
[15:43:59] bin_path: /usr/bin/timeshift-gtk
[15:43:59] found images directory: /usr/share/timeshift/images
[15:43:59] Main(): ok
[15:43:59] Main: initialize_repo()
[15:43:59] backup_uuid=49452b9f-d178-4656-8785-44c44f71d6f2
[15:43:59] backup_parent_uuid=
[15:43:59] Setting snapshot device from config file
[15:43:59] repo: creating from uuid
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: from_uuid(): RSYNC
[15:43:59] uuid=49452b9f-d178-4656-8785-44c44f71d6f2
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: init_from_device()
[15:43:59] 
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_devices()
[15:43:59] device=/dev/sda7
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_device()
[15:43:59] device=/dev/sda7
[15:43:59] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 2
[15:43:59] ------------------
[15:43:59] arg=49452b9f-d178-4656-8785-44c44f71d6f2, device=/dev/sda7
[15:43:59] /home
[15:43:59] ------------------
[15:43:59] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 2
[15:43:59] Mounted '/dev/sda7' at '/run/timeshift/6512/backup'
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[15:43:59] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/6512/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 0 found
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_device(): exit
[15:43:59] Selected snapshot device: /dev/sda7
[15:43:59] Free space: 100,7 GB
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:43:59] is_available: ok
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[15:43:59] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[15:43:59] no snapshots
[15:43:59] Snapshot device: '/dev/sda7'
[15:43:59] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/6512/backup
[15:43:59] No snapshots on this device
[15:43:59] First snapshot requires: 0 B
[15:43:59] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_HAS_SPACE
[15:43:59] 
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: init_from_device(): exit
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: from_uuid(): exit
[15:43:59] Main: initialize_repo(): exit
[15:43:59] MainWindow: MainWindow()
[15:43:59] SnapshotListBox: SnapshotListBox()
[15:43:59] SnapshotListBox: SnapshotListBox(): exit
[15:43:59] MainWindow: MainWindow(): exit
[15:43:59] MainWindow(): init_delayed()
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:43:59] is_available: ok
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:43:59] is_available: ok
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[15:43:59] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/6512/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 0 found
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:43:59] is_available: ok
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[15:43:59] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[15:43:59] no snapshots
[15:43:59] Snapshot device: '/dev/sda7'
[15:43:59] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/6512/backup
[15:43:59] No snapshots on this device
[15:43:59] First snapshot requires: 0 B
[15:43:59] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_HAS_SPACE
[15:43:59] 
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:43:59] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:43:59] MainWindow(): init_delayed(): exit
[15:44:06] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:44:06] is_available: ok
[15:44:06] BackupWindow: BackupWindow()
[15:44:06] EstimateBox: EstimateBox()
[15:44:06] EstimateBox: EstimateBox(): exit
[15:44:06] BackupDeviceBox: BackupDeviceBox()
[15:44:06] BackupDeviceBox: BackupDeviceBox(): exit
[15:44:06] BackupBox: BackupBox()
[15:44:06] BackupBox: BackupBox(): exit
[15:44:06] BackupFinishBox: BackupFinishBox()
[15:44:06] BackupFinishBox: BackupFinishBox(): exit
[15:44:06] BackupWindow: BackupWindow(): exit
[15:44:06] 
[15:44:06] page: 0
[15:44:06] EstimateBox: thread started
[15:44:06] estimate_system_size()
[15:44:06] Using temp dir '/tmp/GFxhKXKc'
[15:44:06] Main: save_exclude_list_for_backup()
[15:44:06] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup()
[15:44:06] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup(): exit
[15:44:06] export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ; rsync -ai --delete --numeric-ids --relative --stats --dry-run --delete-excluded --exclude-from='/tmp/GFxhKXKc/exclude.list' /. '/tmp/GFxhKXKc/empty' &> '/tmp/GFxhKXKc/rsync.log'
[15:45:04] First snapshot size: 140,8 TB
[15:45:04] File count: 1046783
[15:45:05] Main: save_app_config()
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:45:05] is_available: ok
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:45:05] App config saved: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
[15:45:05] estimate_system_size(): ok
[15:45:05] EstimateBox: thread finished
[15:45:05] 
[15:45:05] page: 1
[15:45:05] update_partitions()
[15:45:05] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 2
[15:45:05] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 2
[15:45:05] Device: get_filesystems(): 9
[15:45:05] partition list updated
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:45:05] is_available: ok
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[15:45:05] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[15:45:05] no snapshots
[15:45:05] Snapshot device: '/dev/sda7'
[15:45:05] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/6512/backup
[15:45:05] No snapshots on this device
[15:45:05] First snapshot requires: 0 B
[15:45:05] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_HAS_SPACE
[15:45:05] 
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:45:05] is_available: ok
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[15:45:05] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[15:45:05] no snapshots
[15:45:05] 
[15:45:05] page: 2
[15:45:05] Main: create_snapshot()
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[15:45:05] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[15:45:05] no snapshots
[15:45:05] Main: backup_and_rotate()
[15:45:05] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:45:05] is_available: ok
[15:45:05] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[15:45:05] Estimating system size...
[15:45:05] estimate_system_size()
[15:45:05] Using temp dir '/tmp/GFxhKXKc'
[15:45:05] Main: save_exclude_list_for_backup()
[15:45:05] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup()
[15:45:05] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup(): exit
[15:45:05] export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ; rsync -ai --delete --numeric-ids --relative --stats --dry-run --delete-excluded --exclude-from='/tmp/GFxhKXKc/exclude.list' /. '/tmp/GFxhKXKc/empty' &> '/tmp/GFxhKXKc/rsync.log'
[15:45:20] First snapshot size: 140,8 TB
[15:45:20] File count: 1041859
[15:45:20] Main: save_app_config()
[15:45:20] SnapshotRepo: available()
[15:45:20] is_available: ok
[15:45:20] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[15:45:20] App config saved: /etc/timeshift/timeshift.json
[15:45:20] estimate_system_size(): ok
[15:45:20] Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
[15:45:20] Saving to device: /dev/sda7, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/6512/backup
[15:45:20] Main: save_exclude_list_for_backup()
[15:45:20] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup()
[15:45:20] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup(): exit
[15:45:20] Syncing files with rsync...
[15:45:20] RsyncTask:execute()
[15:45:20] export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
rsync -aii --recursive --verbose --delete --force --stats --sparse --delete-excluded --log-file='/run/timeshift/6512/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-03-22_15-45-05/rsync-log' --exclude-from='/run/timeshift/6512/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-03-22_15-45-05/exclude.list' --delete-excluded '/' '/run/timeshift/6512/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2023-03-22_15-45-05/localhost/'
[15:45:20] RsyncTask:prepare(): saved: /tmp/GFxhKXKc/2023-03-22_15-45-20/script.sh
[15:45:20] AsyncTask: child_pid: 6693

[trytip]

I gave it another try, but the same thing is happening.
This is the log
[15:43:59] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/6512/backup

i have more than one drive i backup to and different locations but your location should not be in /run folder. check timeshift > settings > location
i have set my location in /home

[Wakatakakage]

[15:43:59] /home is mapped to device: /dev/sda7, UUID=49452b9f-d178-4656-8785-44c44f71d6f2
[15:43:59] Mounted '/dev/sda7' at '/run/timeshift/6512/backup'

I am not sure about your first log, but your latest log makes it look like there may be some odd recursion going on. You have a partition /dev/sda7 as /home. But the latest log states that Timeshift is mounting that same partition to /run/timeshift/6512/backup. I wonder if you see a /home/timeshift directory? If Timeshift does not specifically exclude that directory, then it may be trying to back up the very directory into which it is trying to save snapshots.

[guille_pm]

I exluded /home/timsehift and tried again, but got the same result.
However, I found a log file called rsync_log in the snapshot folder, rsync always stops at file /opt/chroot/proc/kallsyms. I excluded that only file, and then it stopped at /opt/chroot/proc/ioports, so I then exluded the whole directory, /opt/chroot/proc/*.
I ran it again, and it is now running fine, at 450k+ files (this being a first snapshot, I guess it will take some time).
Still, I do not know the implications of exluding directory /opt/chroot/proc, as it is not in the directories excluded by default...

Thanks!

[AndyMH]

I have a number of folders in /opt but not a chroot which sounds like you have been building something in there.

[guille_pm]

I had to also exclude /opt/chroot/run/timeshift/*, as it would seem it was looping trough that directory. The run after that completed fine.
Again, I'm not sure of the implications of excluding both these directories
/opt/chroot/proc/*
/opt/chroot/run/timeshift/*

Thanks!

[guille_pm]

I have a number of folders in /opt but not a chroot which sounds like you have been building something in there.

I haven't done anything weird or funky, only install some basic software (different VPN clients, some IBM java-based software, etc, everything meant for work). Not sure what could have caused this.

[trytip]

The following directories are excluded

/home/<myuser>/**
/home/cshell/**
/root/**

you should not even touch exclusions in new timeshift settings. you say you excluded /root? i stayed away from timeshift long time because i could not understand the settings. one day i just installed it, chose location and things worked.

start from the beginning and if you could post snaps of your settings

PS: you say it's working now? something still not clear as to why you need to exclude folders and do not know which.

[guille_pm]

The following directories are excluded

/home/<myuser>/**
/home/cshell/**
/root/**

you should not even touch exclusions in new timeshift settings. you say you excluded /root? i stayed away from timeshift long time because i could not understand the settings. one day i just installed it, chose location and things worked.

start from the beginning and if you could post snaps of your settings

PS: you say it's working now? something still not clear as to why you need to exclude folders and do not know which.

What you say is what it's actually bothering me. I never ever had to play around with Timeshift settings. When I first installed Mint, I just selected the location and it worked like a charm. A few days ago I tried doing a snapshot prior to the upgrade and it did not work. That's why I started this thread.

Now, by default (I never touched this), Timeshift exludes all files from user directories
/home/guille
/root
/home/cshell

And excludes the following patterns

/home/guille/**
/home/cshell/**
/root/**

In order to have TImeshift complete a snapshot, I had to manually add the following patterns

/opt/chroot/proc - I exluded this one because Tiemshift gets stuck in several files in this folder, like kallsyms and ioports
/opt/chroot/run/timeshift - This one I exluded because Timeshift was looping trough it, saving the same objects over and over

[trytip]

/home/<myuser>/**
/home/cshell/**
/root/**

i was wrong about /root read it quickly was thinking about / only.