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W1s3

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Registered: 2021-02-18

Posts: 3

time shift not creating scheduled snapshot btrfs

well heres my system info

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                 `ooo/                   OS: Arch Linux x86_ 
                `+oooo:                  Kernel: 5.11.1-arch 
               `+oooooo:                 Uptime: 7 mins 
               -+oooooo+:                Packages: 940 (pacm 
             `/:-:++oooo+:               Shell: bash 5.1.4 
            `/++++/+++++++:              Resolution: 1680x10 
           `/++++++++++++++:             WM: i3 
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           Theme: gtk [GTK2/3] 
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`          Icons: Dracula [GTK 
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`         Terminal: termite 
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.        Terminal Font: Mono 
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.       CPU: Pentium E5200  
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-       GPU: Intel 4 Series 
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-     Memory: 758MiB / 38 
  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:
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i have reinstalled arch seeing this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xynotc9BKe8

i created 4 subvol @,@home,@snapshots,@var_log with snapper
and i didn't like snapper so i uninstalled it and installed timeshift and now timeshift cannot create scheduled snaps. FYI it create on demand snaps

heres out put of df

Filesystem     1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
dev              1980476        0   1980476   0% /dev
run              1989680      900   1988780   1% /run
/dev/sdb7      227142660 51924884 174464844  23% /
tmpfs            1989680   126760   1862920   7% /dev/shm
tmpfs               4096        0      4096   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs            1989680     1264   1988416   1% /tmp
/dev/sdb7      227142660 51924884 174464844  23% /home
/dev/sdb5        1046512    63476    983036   7% /boot
tmpfs             397936       16    397920   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdb7      227142660 51924884 174464844  23% /run/timeshift/backup

I'm not an expert and thanks in advance

kermit63

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Registered: 2018-07-04

Posts: 174

Re: time shift not creating scheduled snapshot btrfs

I don't use timeshift anymore but IIRC timeshift uses cron to make scheduled backups. Make sure you have the cron package installed.

W1s3

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Registered: 2021-02-18

Posts: 3

Re: time shift not creating scheduled snapshot btrfs

I don't use timeshift anymore but IIRC timeshift uses cron to make scheduled backups. Make sure you have the cron package installed.

what do you use instead and i have cron installed

Last edited by W1s3 (2021-02-24 15:34:13)

GaKu999

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From: US/Eastern

Registered: 2020-06-21

Posts: 696

Re: time shift not creating scheduled snapshot btrfs

what do you use instead

I personally use a very dumb script and let the rest be done by a couple of dummy static services and timers from systemd with instances or whatever they are called...

Now then, is the cron service enabled?

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kermit63

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Registered: 2018-07-04

Posts: 174

Re: time shift not creating scheduled snapshot btrfs

what do you use instead

I don't have much incentive to back up my root partition (which timeshift is basically designed to do) since I can recreate my root partition from scratch in about an hour if necessary, as long as I can boot into a reasonably recent arch ISO.

If I have to back up the root partition, I'lll probably use rsync or partclone from the arch ISO. I'm a bit partial to partclone since it allows me to compress the backup image so it takes considerably less disk space. rsync OTOH is convenient if I want to access individual files from the backup.

Anyway, the arch forum generally frowns upon threads that degenerate into product recommendations, so it's best to go back on-topic of how to fix your timeshift set-up. As @GaKu999 mentioned, check if cron is enabled. Beyond that, I'm out of ideas. Maybe someone actively using timeshift can help.