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JimDeadlock

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From: London

Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 83

Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

I've installed a fresh copy of Timeshift from the AUR. I have an empty 2Tb partition where I want to save backups but the GUI keeps reporting that I don't have enough space on the backup partition (< 140.8 TB ??) - my entire system has about 500Gb of files on it, and I've also set filters to exclude most of it so I'm looking to backup only 50Gb or so.

Timeshift mounts the drive at /run/timeshift/backup and I can 'sudo touch' files there no problem, so I'm baffled. Below is a log sample.

[09:10:45] SnapshotRepo: check_status(): exit
[09:10:45] SnapshotRepo: available()
[09:10:45] is_available: ok
[09:10:45] SnapshotRepo: has_space()
[09:10:45] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[09:10:45] no snapshots
[09:10:57] SnapshotRepo: available()
[09:10:57] is_available: ok
[09:10:57] SnapshotRepo: has_space()
[09:10:57] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[09:10:57] no snapshots
[09:13:44] crontab -l
[09:13:44] Failed to read cron tab
[09:13:44] crontab -l
[09:13:44] Failed to read cron tab
[09:13:44] Removed cron task: /etc/cron.d/timeshift-hourly
[09:13:44] Removed cron task: /etc/cron.d/timeshift-boot
[09:13:44] SnapshotRepo: available()
[09:13:44] is_available: ok
[09:13:44] SnapshotRepo: load_snapshots()
[09:13:44] SnapshotRepo: check_status()
[09:13:44] SnapshotRepo: available()
[09:13:44] is_available: ok
[09:13:44] SnapshotRepo: has_snapshots()
[09:13:44] SnapshotRepo: has_space()
[09:13:44] Device: get_disk_space_using_df(): 1
[09:13:44] no snapshots
[09:13:44] Snapshot device: '/dev/sdb1'
[09:13:44] Snapshot location: /run/timeshift/backup
[09:13:44] Not enough disk space (< 140.8 TB)
[09:13:44] Select another device or free up some space
[09:13:44] Status: NO_SNAPSHOTS_NO_SPACE

sudipta

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Registered: 2020-04-22

Posts: 1

Re: Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

I'm having the same problem.

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: The Wirral

Registered: 2014-02-20

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Re: Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

(< 140.8 TB ??)

Have you excluded /proc/kcore?

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JimDeadlock

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From: London

Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 83

Re: Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

Thanks for the suggestion, tried it but still no dice

augugusto

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Registered: 2020-05-05

Posts: 2

Re: Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

i have the same problem. its worth noting that yesterday i started a backup and cancelled it because i was taking too long and today it started the auto backup and i had to kill the process  (using htop, not from the timeshift gui) because my ssd was almost full. so it was working a few minutes ago. so maybe the error has to do with leftover files (no update between yesterday and now)

JimDeadlock

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From: London

Registered: 2019-03-20

Posts: 83

Re: Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

Since you've bumped the thread, I'll mention that this seems to be a problem with the latest dhcpcd update. The workaround is to downgrade to dhcpcd 8.x and exclude /var/lib/dhcpcd/*** in the timeshift config. Personally, dhcpcd 9 has fixed my intermittent failing to connect so I prefer to stick with it and wait for a timeshift fix.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/timeshift

https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift … -620599843

Last edited by JimDeadlock (2020-05-05 14:14:01)

augugusto

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Registered: 2020-05-05

Posts: 2

Re: Timeshift "Not enough disk space"

that's odd. thanks. I'll try it later (i won't reply here)