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[Jan <jan.suhr@xxxxxx>]

I experience the same error "CRITICAL **:
deja_dup_config_location_add_volume_full: assertion `uuid != NULL'
failed" with the latest Ubuntu 11.10 and remote backup storage location
(FTP).

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Title:
  deja-dup fails on backup to external drive with g_file_get_uri:
  assertion `G_IS_FILE (file)' failed

Status in Déjà Dup Backup Tool:
  Fix Released
Status in The "G" Library - GLib:
  New
Status in “deja-dup” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “deja-dup” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Bug Description:

  Backing up to an external drive is broken. I use an external USB-
  harddisk for backups and deja-dup is failing on getting the URI of the
  backup-target (g_file_get_uri). That's why the duplicity command line
  is not complete (see attached console output with stout, sterr,
  DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1).

  If I change the backup target to a local folder everything works!

  1. there is no log file in /tmp because of the error

  2. --> attached files

  3. deja-dup	14.0.3-0ubuntu1
      duplicity	0.6.08b-0ubuntu2

  4. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

  SRU Justification:

  It is important to resolve this issue in a SRU due to Deja-Dup being a
  featured application in the Ubuntu Software Center. By prominently
  featuring Deja-Dup, it has become the de facto desktop backup solution
  for Ubuntu users. This bug prevents users from backing up to an
  external hard drive, probably the primary use case.

  #### Work-around ####

  Changing the '/apps/deja-dup/file/type' gconf setting from 'volume' to
  'normal' solves the problem. This can be done by browsing to that
  setting with 'gconf-editor' or with the following command in the
  terminal:

  gconftool -s '/apps/deja-dup/file/type' --type string normal

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