Hello,
I just made backup with timeshift cli I I got these errors
$ sudo timeshift --create
Mounted '/dev/sdb1' at '/run/timeshift/102611/backup'
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
Saving to device: /dev/sdb1, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/102611/backup
Linking from snapshot: 2022-10-24_22-06-20
Syncing files with rsync...
99.97% complete (00:00:00 remaining))
(process:102611): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:53:00.991: g_object_unref: assertion 'old_ref > 0' failed
(process:102611): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 19:53:00.993: instance with invalid (NULL) class pointer
(process:102611): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:53:00.993: g_signal_handlers_destroy: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
(process:102611): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:53:00.993: g_object_unref: assertion 'old_ref > 0' failed
Created control file: /run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2022-10-31_19-41-39/info.json
RSYNC Snapshot saved successfully (682s)
Tagged snapshot '2022-10-31_19-41-39': ondemand
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Found stale mount for device '/dev/sdb1' at path '/run/timeshift/102611/backup'
Unmounted successfully
It looks like the snapshot is created successfully, but I am worried about these errors.
They didn’t appear before.
Also worth mentioning is that the snapshot is linked correctly
ls -alh snapshots-ondemand
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Oct 31 19:53 2022-10-24_22-06-20 -> ../snapshots/2022-10-24_22-06-20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Oct 31 19:53 2022-10-31_19-41-39 -> ../snapshots/2022-10-31_19-41-39
Timeshift version
$ pacman -Q timeshift
timeshift 22.06.5-3
Relevant timeshift log
/var/log/timeshift/2022-10-31_19-41-37_ondemand.log
[19:41:37] Main: check_dependencies()
[19:41:37] Main: add_default_exclude_entries()
[19:41:37] Main: add_default_exclude_entries(): exit
[19:41:37] update_partitions()
[19:41:37] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 3
[19:41:37] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 3
[19:41:37] Device: get_filesystems(): 8
[19:41:37] partition list updated
[19:41:37] detect_system_devices()
[19:41:37] Searching subvolume for system at path: /
[19:41:37] Users: goran root
[19:41:37] Encrypted home users:
[19:41:37] Encrypted home dirs:
[19:41:37] Encrypted private dirs:
[19:41:37] Main: load_app_config()
[19:41:37] IconManager: init()
[19:41:37] bin_path: /usr/bin/timeshift
[19:41:37] found images directory: /usr/share/timeshift/images
[19:41:37] Main(): ok
[19:41:37] AppConsole: parse_arguments()
[19:41:37] Main: initialize_repo()
[19:41:37] backup_uuid=e1683831-e933-4564-a04d-d3763b38991c
[19:41:37] backup_parent_uuid=
[19:41:37] Setting snapshot device from config file
[19:41:37] repo: creating from uuid
[19:41:37] SnapshotRepo: from_uuid(): RSYNC
[19:41:37] uuid=e1683831-e933-4564-a04d-d3763b38991c
[19:41:37] SnapshotRepo: init_from_device()
[19:41:37]
[19:41:37] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_devices()
[19:41:37] device=/dev/sdb1
[19:41:37] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_device()
[19:41:37] device=/dev/sdb1
[19:41:37] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 3
[19:41:37] ------------------
[19:41:37] arg=e1683831-e933-4564-a04d-d3763b38991c, device=/dev/sdb1
[19:41:37] ------------------
[19:41:37] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 3
[19:41:38] Mounted '/dev/sdb1' at '/run/timeshift/102611/backup'
[19:41:38] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[19:41:39] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 6 found
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: unlock_and_mount_device(): exit
[19:41:39] Selected snapshot device: /dev/sdb1
[19:41:39] Free space: 0 B
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: available()
[19:41:39] is_available: ok
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[19:41:39] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: init_from_device(): exit
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: from_uuid(): exit
[19:41:39] Main: initialize_repo(): exit
[19:41:39] AppConsole: start_application()
[19:41:39] Main: create_snapshot()
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: has_space() - 0 required (0 B)
[19:41:39] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[19:41:39] Main: backup_and_rotate()
[19:41:39] SnapshotRepo: available()
[19:41:39] is_available: ok
[19:41:39] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[19:41:39] Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
[19:41:39] Saving to device: /dev/sdb1, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/102611/backup
[19:41:40] Linking from snapshot: 2022-10-24_22-06-20
[19:41:40] Main: save_exclude_list_for_backup()
[19:41:40] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup()
[19:41:40] Main: create_exclude_list_for_backup(): exit
[19:41:40] Syncing files with rsync...
[19:41:40] RsyncTask:execute()
[19:41:40] export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
rsync -aii --recursive --verbose --delete --force --stats --sparse --delete-excluded --link-dest='/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2022-10-24_22-06-20/localhost/' --log-file='/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2022-10-31_19-41-39/rsync-log' --exclude-from='/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2022-10-31_19-41-39/exclude.list' --delete-excluded '/' '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2022-10-31_19-41-39/localhost/'
[19:41:40] RsyncTask:prepare(): saved: /tmp/WNbTAOcB/2022-10-31_19-41-40/script.sh
[19:41:40] AsyncTask: child_pid: 102648
[19:53:00] AsyncTask: finish(): enter
[19:53:00] exit_code: 0
[19:53:00] exit_code: 0
[19:53:01] Created control file: /run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2022-10-31_19-41-39/info.json
[19:53:02] RSYNC Snapshot saved successfully (682s)
[19:53:02] Tagged snapshot '2022-10-31_19-41-39': ondemand
[19:53:02] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[19:53:02] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 7 found
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: auto_remove()
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: remove_untagged()
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[19:53:02] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 7 found
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[19:53:02] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 7 found
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[19:53:02] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 7 found
[19:53:02] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[19:53:02] loading snapshots from '/run/timeshift/102611/backup/timeshift/snapshots': 7 found
[19:53:02] Symlinks updated
[19:53:02] exit_app()
[19:53:02] crontab -l
[19:53:02] Failed to read cron tab
[19:53:02] crontab -l
[19:53:02] Failed to read cron tab
[19:53:02] unmount_target_device()
[19:53:02] clean_logs()
[19:53:02] rm -rf '/tmp/WNbTAOcB'
[19:53:02] cleanup_unmount_devices()
[19:53:02] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 4
[19:53:02] Device: get_mounted_filesystems_using_mtab(): 4
[19:53:02] Device: get_filesystems(): 8
[19:53:02]
Found stale mount for device '/dev/sdb1' at path '/run/timeshift/102611/backup'
[19:54:22] Unmounted successfully
I have googled a bit, but haven’t find anything useful.
BTW I am aware about the issue from the GUI and that has been fixed with the above version of timeshift. Also on that note the snapshot appear correctly ( they are visible ), but I didn’t try to make backup via the GUI.
Should I be worried about these errors ??
Can I somehow fix them ??
Please advise…
Thanks…