python flyback.py gives some error message

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. wget or svn to download the flyback   
2. python flyback.py fails

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Not sure. Never used it before. But I do not think it is suppose to fail :-)

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Tried both flyback_0.4.0 and svn rev 86
Please provide any additional information below.

When I try to run flyback using `python flyback.py`

I get a pop up window with red stop sign (-) and the following message

  The folder contents could not be displayed
  Error stating file '/external_storage_location': No such file 
  or directory

I tried to download the svn version and ran it like following

iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src$ svn checkout
http://flyback.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ flyback
svn: Server sent unexpected return value (502 Bad Gateway) in response to
PROPFIND request for '/svn/trunk'

Hmm.. let me re-try

iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src$ svn checkout
http://flyback.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ flyback
A    flyback/website
A    flyback/website/screenshot-small.jpg
A    flyback/website/header.jpg
A    flyback/website/header.xcf
A    flyback/website/index.html
A    flyback/website/screenshot.jpg
A    flyback/website/screenshot.xcf
A    flyback/src
A    flyback/src/common.py
A    flyback/src/desktop.py
A    flyback/src/GPL.txt
A    flyback/src/schema_upgrades.py
A    flyback/src/flyback.py
A    flyback/src/backup_backend.py
A    flyback/src/config_backend.py
A    flyback/src/prefs.py
A    flyback/src/flyback.glade
A    flyback/src/help_data.py
A    flyback/src/history.py
A    flyback/src/prefs.glade
A    flyback/src/opengl_viewer.py
A    flyback/src/history.glade
A    flyback/build_dist.sh
Checked out revision 86.
iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src$ cd flyback/
iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src/flyback$ sudo bash
root@ghar-iqbala:~/src/flyback# cd src/
root@ghar-iqbala:~/src/flyback/src# ls
backup_backend.py  desktop.py     GPL.txt        history.py        prefs.py
common.py          flyback.glade  help_data.py   opengl_viewer.py 
schema_upgrades.py
config_backend.py  flyback.py     history.glade  prefs.glade
root@ghar-iqbala:~/src/flyback/src# python flyback.py 
/home/iqbala/src/flyback/src/prefs.py:349: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton:
setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
  self.xml = gtk.glade.XML( os.path.join( RUN_FROM_DIR, 'prefs.glade' ) )
external_storage_location_type None

So I tried to download the tar ball

iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src$ wget
http://flyback.googlecode.com/files/flyback_0.4.0.tar.gz
iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src$ tar zxvf flyback_0.4.0.tar.gz 
flyback/
flyback/flyback.py
flyback/backup_backend.py
flyback/viewer.glade
flyback/GPL.txt
flyback/config_backend.py
flyback/opengl_viewer.py
flyback/desktop.py
flyback/help_data.py

iqbala@ghar-iqbala:~/src$ sudo bash
root@ghar-iqbala:~/src#
root@ghar-iqbala:~/src# cd flyback/
root@ghar-iqbala:~/src/flyback# python flyback.py 
flyback.py:330: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with
non-zero page size is deprecated
  self.xml = gtk.glade.XML(RUN_FROM_DIR + 'viewer.glade')
count not parse gconf /apps/flyback/crontab - using defaults

I get the same popup window with same exact message

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vad...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2008 at 8:11

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I get the same problem. The same error gets printed to stdout when I try to 
click OK
on the preferences dialog. This is checked out from the trunk at revision 86. 
The
error is as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/someuser/flyback-read-only/src/prefs.py", line 66, in save_prefs
    client.set_string ("/apps/flyback/external_storage_location",
self.external_storage_location )
AttributeError: PrefsGUI instance has no attribute 'external_storage_location'

Original comment by benthed...@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2009 at 6:17

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Am having same issues, anyone? anyone? bueller? 

Original comment by bryn...@gmail.com on 5 Jul 2009 at 3:47

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I also am getting this error.  I have never used the software before, but I'm
starting to doubt my confidence in it :-/.

I got it to work fine the first time (despite the error I received, I just 
clicked
"OK" and went on), except it wouldn't "listen to me" when I told it where to 
backup
to.  It listed only one of the several mounted devices I have, and when I went 
to
select an alternative location to backup, it wouldn't save that information. 
Instead, I had my other, smaller, harddrive filled with a backup :-P.  Lucky 
thing I
checked when I did.

After killing it and trying to fix the error, I started getting this:

AttributeError: PrefsGUI instance has no attribute 'external_storage_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/[username]/install/flyback/src/prefs.py", line 66, in save_prefs
    client.set_string ("/apps/flyback/external_storage_location",
self.external_storage_location )

Original comment by Tyler.Re...@gmail.com on 30 Jul 2009 at 5:50

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resolved in v0.5

Original comment by pub...@kered.org on 27 Oct 2009 at 4:56

• Changed state: Fixed