No, the snap has access to same session services that the system package does.
Are there any credentials etc stored anywhere that I need to retrive/ reuse for the snap version?
> Hmm, I dunno why something would change for you there. And searching for that error comes up empty.
>
> My best suggestion is to try the snap package, which does still bundle rackspace support in. The flatpak does not.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, at 17:41, Morgan Read wrote:
>> vv good questions! My omission, oops
>>
>>
>> $ uname -a
>> Linux morgansmachine.lan 5.1.20-300.fc30.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jul 26
>> 15:03:11 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> $ deja-dup --version
>> deja-dup 40.1
>> $ gnome-shell --version
>> GNOME Shell 3.32.2
>> $ sudo dnf info deja-dup
>> Last metadata expiration check: 2:33:32 ago on Thu 05 Dec 2019 20:05:55 GMT.
>> Installed Packages
>> Name : deja-dup
>> Version : 40.1
>> Release : 1.fc30
>> Architecture : x86_64
>> Size : 3.8 M
>> Source : deja-dup-40.1-1.fc30.src.rpm
>> Repository : @System
>> From repo : updates
>> Summary : Simple backup tool and frontend for duplicity
>> License : GPLv3+
>> Description : Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the
>> complexity of doing backups the
>> : 'right way' (encrypted, off-site, and regular) and uses
>> duplicity as the
>> : backend.
>> :
>> : Features:
>> : • Support for local, remote, or cloud backup locations
>> (Amazon S3 or Rackspace)
>> : • Securely encrypts and compresses your data
>> : • Incrementally backs up, letting you restore from any
>> particular backup
>> : • Schedules regular backups
>> : • Integrates well into your GNOME desktop
>>
>>
>> Thanks for coming back.
>> M
>>
>> >
>> > How do you have Deja Dup installed? Distro package, flatpak, or snap? What distro?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, at 16:53, Morgan Read via deja-dup-list wrote:
>> > > (Sorry for the cross-post - I sent this to the duplicity list
>> > > yesterday thinking that deja-dup was all forums.)
>> > >
>> > > Hello List
>> > > I hope this is the best place to post - please point me somewhere else
>> > > otherwise.
>> > > I ran into these bugs a year or so ago:
>> > >
>> > > I did 'pip install pyrax' after enabling legacy Rackspace Cloudfiles
>> > > backen and all seemed to work.
>> > >
>> > > Just a week or so ago, Deja Dup started throwing the same original error:
>> > > BackendException: Pyrax backend requires the pyrax library available
>> > > from Rackspace.
>> > > Exception: cannot import name _normalize_host
>> > >
>> > > But, following the fixes in the above bugs, doesn't seem to be a fix
>> > > anymore. Does anyone know what's changed and if it can be fixed? Has
>> > > legacy become dead? Is there alternative and if not... Does anyone
>> > > know how I can get my back-ups back from Rackspace Cloudfiles?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks.
>> > >
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>> > > Morgan Read
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