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Systray icon missing / empty
Hi. When backintime is recording a snapshot, I have no information about it. Should it be possible that when taking a snapshot an icon with progress bar appears in the notification bar ? OS : Gentoo 2.7, profile amd64/17.1/desktop DE : Xfce 4.16 Kernel : 5.15.26
PS : thx to emtiu for taking this project alive back :+1:
I'm surprised you don't.
Thanks for the desktop details.
Can you say how you are running the snapshot?
A scheduled job? Manually via the GUI? Command line? As your regular user? Or as root?
The icon changes based on my theme, but this is what it looks like now in my daily desktop (NOT Xfce4)
The 3.5" diskette icon is the backintime backup running.
My tray is trayer And running from an at job as root I see this in my ps output:
- root 8219 1 0 09:05 ? 00:00:00 python3 -Es /usr/share/backintime/common/backintime.py --profile-id 2 backup-job root 8229 8219 0 09:05 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/backintime/qt/qtsystrayicon.py 2
I am not logged in as root though -- so the system did something as to figure out where my X11 desktop was.
I have xfce4 4.16 installed and will try it and see if I see it there. It's not my daily environment....
Tested logged in as my regular user in xfce4 4.16 in Debian.
Here's the cron line and a manaul run sudoed to a root shell:
And the icon shows up in my panel:
Hi all,
I have a similar request/question: I have just started using Back in Time on a fresh Ubuntu 21.10 install, and I set it up using the GUI to run at startup. If I open the GUI, I can see the back-up running (by looking at the log), but I don't see any system indicator telling me the job is indeed running.
If I stop the snapshot and start a new one, then the icon appears on the top right and I can interact with the job (pause, stop, etc.)
I have a similar request/question: I have just started using Back in Time on a fresh Ubuntu 21.10 install, and I set it up using the GUI to run at startup. If I open the GUI, I can see the back-up running (by looking at the log), but I don't see any system indicator telling me the job is indeed running.
If I stop the snapshot and start a new one, then the icon appears on the top right and I can interact with the job (pause, stop, etc.)
Could you share a screenshot showing the problem? Do you know which desktop environment you are using?
See the icon on the top right corner, that appears if I manually start a sync job. But it does not appear when I boot and the job starts automatically.
My GNOME version is 40.4.0
I confirm I still have no notification in taskbar when BiT takes a snapshot. Even launched by cron task, manually via GUI or manually via command line... https://imgur.com/u2w5ZU2.png
One thing more, it could be interesting too to have an access to BackInTime in systray even if it's not taking a snapshot. As do TimeMachine on macOS, allowing to launch BiT or take a snapshot instantly without launching the app.
I had this issue too (link). For me it seems to have been an issue with root's cron jobs. I fixed mine by exporting another variable in /usr/bin/backintime-qt, like this:
... LICENSE ...
#fixing gray window error
#https://launchpad.net/bugs/1493020
export QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM="native"
### ADD THIS
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
CUR_PATH="$(dirname $(readlink -m $0))"
... CODE TO LAUNCH APP ...
I also installed qt5ct but it didn't have any effect on its own. That said, I couldn't get snapshots started with root / backintime-qt_polkit to work even with that variable. It seemed like a backintime-qt_polkit or pkexec issue, but have no idea how to tell.
Still no systray icon but icons in BiT window disappeared (replaced by text) with this export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
Hi, thanks for your reports. This is a very tricky issue to debug, I've tried to summarize current knowledge in #1306.
For all of those affected, it would help if you could:
- Check if this problem still affects you, and if yes:
- Please give your:
- backintime version,
- distro and version,
- Desktop Environment and version (or window/tray manager if you don't have a DE)
- graphics server (X11 or Wayland).
- More log output, if you find something the looks relevant.
Thanks a lot! :)
Could you please help me to identify the reason for the missing system tray icon by following these instructions:
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/1306#issuecomment-1321230648
THX a lot!
Here is the what I got when launching a snapshot from command line, but no systray icon at all :
$ backintime --profile-id 1 --debug backup-job
DEBUG: [common/backintime.py:583 argParse] Arguments: {'debug': True, 'profile_id': 1, 'command': 'backup-job', 'func': <function backupJob at 0x7fa6f9709000>} | unknownArgs: []
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2068 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] first fork pid: 13313
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2068 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] first fork pid: 0
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2077 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] decouple from parent environment
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2085 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] second fork pid: 13314
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2085 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] second fork pid: 0
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2094 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] redirect standard file descriptors
Back In Time
Version: 1.3.2
Back In Time comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `backintime --license' for details.
DEBUG: [common/backintime.py:670 getConfig] config file: /home/anard/.config/backintime/config
DEBUG: [common/backintime.py:671 getConfig] share path: /home/anard/.local/share/backintime
DEBUG: [common/backintime.py:672 getConfig] profiles: 1=Profil principal
DEBUG: [common/configfile.py:529 Config.setCurrentProfile] change current profile: 1=Profil principal
DEBUG: [common/pluginmanager.py:90 PluginManager.load] Register plugin path /usr/share/backintime/plugins
DEBUG: [common/pluginmanager.py:106 PluginManager.load] Add plugin notifyplugin.py
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:634 Snapshots.backup] Lock
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:1188 inhibitSuspend] Inhibit Suspend started. Reason: take snapshot
anard@imack ☕ ~ $ DEBUG: [common/tools.py:829 keyringSupported] No appropriate keyring found. 'keyring.backends.chainer' can't be used with BackInTime
DEBUG: [common/mount.py:73 Mount.__init__] pw-cache is not running
DEBUG: [common/mount.py:81 Mount.__init__] Call command: /usr/bin/backintime pw-cache start
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:665 Snapshots.backup] Take a new snapshot. Profile: 1 Profil principal
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:1022 Snapshots.takeSnapshot] Call rsync to take the snapshot
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:692 Snapshots.backup] Call command "rsync --recursive --times --devices --specials --hard-links --human-readable --links --perms --executability --group --owner --info=progress2 --no-inc-recursive --delete --delete-excluded -v -i --out-format=BACKINTIME: %i %n%L --link-dest=../../20221120-200001-550/backup --chmod=Du+wx --exclude=/media/Saver --exclude=/home/anard/.local/share/backintime --exclude=.local/share/backintime/mnt --include=/home/anard/ --include=/home/ --include=/media/Medias/ --include=/media/ --exclude=.gvfs --exclude=.cache/* --exclude=.thumbnails* --exclude=.local/share/[Tt]rash* --exclude=*.backup* --exclude=*~ --exclude=.dropbox* --exclude=lost+found/* --exclude=.Private --exclude=/media/Medias/TRANSFERTS --exclude=/media/Medias/.* --exclude=/home/anard/Applications/gentoo --exclude=/media/Medias/Acquisitions/temp* --exclude=/media/Medias/Installeurs/INSTALL_macOS/CloverBootloader --include=/home/anard/** --include=/media/Medias/** --exclude=* / /media/Saver/backintime/imack/anard/1/new_snapshot/backup"
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:692 Snapshots.backup] Command "rsync --recursiv..." returns 0
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:838 Snapshots.backupConfig] Save config file
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:884 Snapshots.backupPermissions] Save permissions
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1069 Snapshots.takeSnapshot] Call command "rsync --dry-run -r --out-format=%n /media/Saver/backintime/imack/anard/1/new_snapshot/backup/ /tmp/tmpyw59b_2v/"
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:276 Snapshots.userName] Failed to get user name for UID 99: 'getpwuid(): uid not found: 99'
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:301 Snapshots.groupName] Failed to get group name for GID 99: 'getgrgid(): gid not found: 99'
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1069 Snapshots.takeSnapshot] Command "rsync --dry-run ..." returns 0
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:860 Snapshots.backupInfo] Create info file
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:1122 writeTimeStamp] write timestamp '20221121 0849' into file '/home/anard/.local/share/backintime/anacron/1_Profil_principal'
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1738 Snapshots.createLastSnapshotSymlink] Create symlink /media/Saver/backintime/imack/anard/1/last_snapshot => 20221121-084740-210
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1408 Snapshots.freeSpace] Remove snapshots older than: 20171101-000000
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1230 Snapshots.smartRemoveList] Considered: [20221121-084740-210, 20221120-200001-550, 20221120-160001-118, 20221120-120002-372, 20221119-200001-896, 20221119-160002-329, 20221119-120001-505, 20221116-080001-900, 20221112-200001-278, 20221106-200001-940, 20221031-200002-654, 20221029-200002-532, 20220930-200001-172, 20220830-200001-764]
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1121 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepAll] Keep all >= 20221120-000000-590 and < 20221122-000000-367
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221121-000000-759 and < 20221122-000000-607
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221120-000000-186 and < 20221121-000000-125
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221119-000000-768 and < 20221120-000000-739
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221118-000000-267 and < 20221119-000000-965
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221118-000000-434 and < 20221119-000000-304
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221117-000000-816 and < 20221118-000000-354
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221117-000000-783 and < 20221118-000000-868
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221116-000000-149 and < 20221117-000000-695
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221115-000000-208 and < 20221116-000000-155
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221115-000000-498 and < 20221116-000000-904
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221120-000000-383 and < 20221128-000000-322
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221113-000000-775 and < 20221121-000000-970
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221106-000000-121 and < 20221114-000000-731
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221030-000000-618 and < 20221107-000000-915
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221101-000000-738 and < 20221201-000000-252
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20221001-000000-949 and < 20221101-000000-514
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220901-000000-808 and < 20221001-000000-944
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220801-000000-676 and < 20220901-000000-118
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220701-000000-546 and < 20220801-000000-471
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220701-000000-662 and < 20220801-000000-772
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220601-000000-102 and < 20220701-000000-507
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220601-000000-476 and < 20220701-000000-956
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220501-000000-439 and < 20220601-000000-409
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220501-000000-354 and < 20220601-000000-538
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220401-000000-986 and < 20220501-000000-948
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220401-000000-507 and < 20220501-000000-608
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220301-000000-525 and < 20220401-000000-446
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220301-000000-892 and < 20220401-000000-921
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220201-000000-593 and < 20220301-000000-863
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220201-000000-121 and < 20220301-000000-816
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220101-000000-655 and < 20220201-000000-154
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220101-000000-403 and < 20220201-000000-681
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20211201-000000-443 and < 20220101-000000-556
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20211201-000000-311 and < 20220101-000000-659
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1149 Snapshots.smartRemoveKeepFirst] Keep first >= 20220101-000000-901 and < 20230101-000000-139
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1287 Snapshots.smartRemoveList] Keep snapshots: {20221120-120002-372, 20220930-200001-172, 20221106-200001-940, 20221112-200001-278, 20221120-200001-550, 20221031-200002-654, 20221120-160001-118, 20221116-080001-900, 20221119-200001-896, 20221121-084740-210, 20220830-200001-764}
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:1375 Snapshots.smartRemove] [smart remove] remove snapshots: [20221119-160002-329, 20221119-120001-505, 20221029-200002-532]
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1379 Execute.smartRemove] Call command "rsync -a --delete /tmp/tmpsu8x3yl_/ /media/Saver/backintime/imack/anard/1/20221119-160002-329"
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1379 Execute.smartRemove] Command "rsync -a --delet..." returns 0
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1379 Execute.smartRemove] Call command "rsync -a --delete /tmp/tmp90f45z0b/ /media/Saver/backintime/imack/anard/1/20221119-120001-505"
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1379 Execute.smartRemove] Command "rsync -a --delet..." returns 0
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1379 Execute.smartRemove] Call command "rsync -a --delete /tmp/tmp11ip82qp/ /media/Saver/backintime/imack/anard/1/20221029-200002-532"
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1379 Execute.smartRemove] Command "rsync -a --delet..." returns 0
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1443 Snapshots.freeSpace] Keep min free disk space: 1024 MiB
DEBUG: [common/snapshots.py:1477 Snapshots.freeSpace] Keep min 2%% free inodes
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:829 keyringSupported] No appropriate keyring found. 'keyring.backends.chainer' can't be used with BackInTime
DEBUG: [common/mount.py:73 Mount.__init__] pw-cache is not running
DEBUG: [common/mount.py:81 Mount.__init__] Call command: /usr/bin/backintime pw-cache start
INFO: [common/snapshots.py:739 Snapshots.backup] Unlock
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:1208 unInhibitSuspend] Release inhibit Suspend
@Anard THX for the debug output! Could you please also execute the other script (python3 ...) from my comment (sorry, did not ask clear enough for this in my comment)
Still no systray icon but icons in BiT window disappeared (replaced by text) with this
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
This would only work
- on X11 (not Wayland)
- and after installing the
qt5ctpackage - and manually choosing an icon theme in the
qt5ctsettings GUI.
For details see: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/1240#issuecomment-1321233476
But before trying this I would be interested in the diagnostics output of my prev. comment to "hunt down" the bug.
Oh OK, sry : Before installing qt5ct
$ python3 -c "
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon;
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QSystemTrayIcon,QApplication,QStyleFactory;
import os
qapp = QApplication(['']);
env_var = 'XDG_SESSION_TYPE'; print(f'Display Server={os.environ.get(env_var)}');
print((f'QT QPA platform plugin: {qapp.platformName()}'));
env_var = 'QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME'; print(f'QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME={os.environ.get(env_var)}');
env_var = 'QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE'; print(f'QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME={os.environ.get(env_var)}');
print(f'QT active style: {qapp.style().objectName()}');
print(f'QT fallback style: {QIcon.fallbackThemeName()}');
print(f'QT supported styles: {QStyleFactory.keys()}');
print(f'themeSearchPaths: {str(QIcon.themeSearchPaths())}');
print(f'fallbackSearchPaths: {str(QIcon.fallbackSearchPaths())}');
print(f'Is SystemTray available: {str(QSystemTrayIcon.isSystemTrayAvailable())}');"
Display Server=x11
QT QPA platform plugin: xcb
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=None
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=None
QT active style: fusion
QT fallback style:
QT supported styles: ['Windows', 'Fusion']
themeSearchPaths: ['/home/anard/.icons', '/home/anard/.local/share/icons', '/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/icons', '/usr/local/share/icons', '/usr/share/icons', ':/icons']
fallbackSearchPaths: []
Is SystemTray available: True
And after :
$ python3 -c "
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon;
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QSystemTrayIcon,QApplication,QStyleFactory;
import os
qapp = QApplication(['']);
env_var = 'XDG_SESSION_TYPE'; print(f'Display Server={os.environ.get(env_var)}');
print((f'QT QPA platform plugin: {qapp.platformName()}'));
env_var = 'QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME'; print(f'QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME={os.environ.get(env_var)}');
env_var = 'QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE'; print(f'QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME={os.environ.get(env_var)}');
print(f'QT active style: {qapp.style().objectName()}');
print(f'QT fallback style: {QIcon.fallbackThemeName()}');
print(f'QT supported styles: {QStyleFactory.keys()}');
print(f'themeSearchPaths: {str(QIcon.themeSearchPaths())}');
print(f'fallbackSearchPaths: {str(QIcon.fallbackSearchPaths())}');
print(f'Is SystemTray available: {str(QSystemTrayIcon.isSystemTrayAvailable())}');"
Display Server=x11
QT QPA platform plugin: xcb
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=None
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=None
QT active style: fusion
QT fallback style:
QT supported styles: ['qt5ct-style', 'Windows', 'Fusion']
themeSearchPaths: ['/home/anard/.icons', '/home/anard/.local/share/icons', '/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/icons', '/usr/local/share/icons', '/usr/share/icons', ':/icons']
fallbackSearchPaths: []
Is SystemTray available: True
Maybe I need to logout and login again now
After reboot, I have
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=None
QT active style: qt5ct-style
but still no systray icon when launching BiT with command line
DEBUG: [common/pluginmanager.py:90 PluginManager.load] Register plugin path /usr/share/backintime/plugins DEBUG: [common/pluginmanager.py:106 PluginManager.load] Add plugin notifyplugin.py
In the debug log output I cannot see that the required qt4plugin.py is loaded which is triggering the sys tray icon.
Could you please check if the qt4plugin.py file exists in the folder /usr/share/backintime/plugins
If it does not exist we have to check how the Gentoo pkg maintainer installs this. Edit: If you have installed BiT with qt5 via this package I think the installation should be correct: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/app-backup/backintime/backintime-1.3.2.ebuild
Please also check xdpyinfo > /dev/null && echo $? which must show an exit code of 0 (zero).
This util is used internally by BiT to discover the existence of an X11 server and without that the qt4plugin is not loaded...
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/713590f45cb83d1192a104ec77b735626b573006/qt/plugins/qt4plugin.py#L42-L47
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/713590f45cb83d1192a104ec77b735626b573006/common/tools.py#L466-L480
Hi. Yes I have the python qt4 plugin but not the xdpyinfo command :
$ ls /usr/share/backintime/plugins/
__pycache__ notifyplugin.py qt4plugin.py usercallbackplugin.py
$ xdpyinfo > /dev/null && echo $?
bash: xdpyinfo : commande introuvable
$
Thanks
@anard Strike :-)
Could you please edit the file /usr/share/backintime/plugins/qt4plugin.py
https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/713590f45cb83d1192a104ec77b735626b573006/qt/plugins/qt4plugin.py#L42-L47
and comment (disable) the above lines 45 and 46
# if not tools.checkXServer():
# return False
You should now see the sys tray icon eg. by calling backintime --profile-id 1 --debug backup-job...
PS: If you do not want to edit the installed qt4plugin.py file you could also install the package x11-utils which contains xdpyinfo (this is the package name on Ubuntu, it may be different for your distro). Edit: x11-apps pkg on Gentoo...
Edit: I have updated above code change (was totally wrong) but is OK now. Installing the package with xdpyinfo is the easiest way anyhow.
@Prodeguerriero
See the icon on the top right corner, that appears if I manually start a sync job. But it does not appear when I boot and the job starts automatically.
Could please give me more background:
- How do you start Bit GUI (as user or root)?
- How do you manually start the job (I need the exact cmd line)?
- How does the job start automatically after booting? Via cron job? Please show the relevant cron job entry (
crontab -e) and if it is running as root or user - Please provide me with the output of the diagnostics scripts from my other comment at the master issue
Nice :) thanks :+1: Anyway, commenting 45 & 46 lines in /usr/share/backintime/plugins/qt4plugin.py works (of course).
Finally, I found xdpyinfo in gentoo's overlay which is x11-apps/xdpyinfo package (x11-apps is category, xdpyinfo is the package). It should be added to BackInTime's ebuild for Gentoo in RDEPEND variable.
EDIT : With this package installed, systray icon now works well without commented lines in qt4plugins.py. Thanks again.
Finally, I found xdpyinfo in gentoo's overlay which is x11-apps/xdpyinfo package (x11-apps is category, xdpyinfo is the package).
Great to hear that + thx for your bug hunting support and publishing the missing package here! I will extend our dependency description here in the Github README.md to make this weak dependency explicit.
It should be added to BackInTime's ebuild for Gentoo in RDEPEND variable.
This is out of my (our) control here, we are "just" the BiT developers, not package maintainers.
I tried to find the Gentoo package maintainer but it seems the package is orphaned:
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-backup/backintime
-> email to: [email protected]
Do you know more (eg. is the pkg maintainer displayed in the pkg mgmt tool in Gentoo)?
My next steps:
- TODO Check if the
xdpyinfocall is required at all since the on my Manjaro KDE Plasma VM the sys tray icon is also shown on Wayland (not only X11) - TODO Extend our dependency description here in the Github README.md with
xdpyinfo(if the X11 restriction should be required at all) - TODO Prepare a fix
No maintainer recorded :
$ equery m backintime
* app-backup/backintime [gentoo]
Maintainer: None specified
Upstream: None specified
Homepage: https://backintime.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Homepage: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/
Location: /var/db/repos/gentoo/app-backup/backintime
Keywords: 1.3.1:0:
Keywords: 1.3.2:0: amd64 x86
Keywords: 9999:0:
License: GPL-2
But I just sent a bug on bugs.gentoo.org : https://bugs.gentoo.org/882529
Hi back. It works now fine when launching BiT from command line or from gui. But launched from crontab, it show a blank icon in systray : https://imgur.com/MHqmh0r.png
But launched from crontab, it show a blank icon in systray
Can you please show me the relevant cron job entry (crontab -e) and indicate if it is running as root or user?
Cron jobs are a little bit tricky since the shell environment may not be exactly the same as run as user and env vars may be different or missing.
Perhaps you could add
env > ~/cron_env.txt
into the starter script /usr/bin/backintime which is normally called by the cron job.
After the cron job has started at least once (do NOT start BiT manually after that until you have executed below code) you could compare the shell environment of the cron job with that of your user login via:
env > ~/user_env.txt
diff <(sort cron_env.txt) <(sort user_env.txt)
Then please post this output here so that we can try to find a solution.
Sorry for late :)
Crontab entry : 0 */4 * * * /usr/bin/nice -n19 /usr/bin/ionice -c2 -n7 /usr/bin/backintime backup-job >/dev/null
Send from user, but I have the same problem with root's crontab
$ diff <(sort cron_env.txt) <(sort user_env.txt)
0a1,3
> COLORTERM=truecolor
> CONFIG_PROTECT=/usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/config /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc
> CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/sandbox.d /etc/php/cli-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/fpm-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/phpdbg-php7.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php8.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php8.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php8.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/fpm-php8.1/ext-active/ /etc/php/phpdbg-php8.1/ext-active/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/terminfo /etc/dconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/revdep-rebuild
1a5,6
> DCC_EMAILLOG_WHOM_TO_BLAME=
> DESKTOP_SESSION=xfce
3c8,22
< GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/anard/.cache/keyring-DE0HX1
---
> DISTCC_ENABLE_DISCREPANCY_EMAIL=
> DISTCC_FALLBACK=1
> DISTCC_SAVE_TEMPS=0
> DISTCC_SSH=
> DISTCC_TCP_CORK=
> DISTCC_VERBOSE=0
> EDITOR=nano
> GCC_SPECS=
> GDMSESSION=xfce
> GDM_LANG=fr_FR.utf8
> GEM_HOME=/home/anard/gems
> GIT_SUBREPO_ROOT=/home/anard/Applications/git-subrepo
> GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/home/anard/.cache/keyring-4K9YX1
> GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf
> GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module
4a24,27
> INFOPATH=/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.38/info:/usr/share/info
> JAVAC=/home/anard/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/bin/javac
> JAVA_HOME=/home/anard/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm
> JDK_HOME=/home/anard/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm
6a30,32
> LESS=-R -M --shift 5
> LESSOPEN=|lesspipe %s
> LEX=flex
8,11c34,51
< PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
< PWD=/
< SHELL=/bin/sh
< SHLVL=3
---
> LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.cfg=00;32:*.conf=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.ini=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:
> LV2_PATH=/usr/lib64/lv2
> MAIL=/var/mail/anard
> MANPAGER=manpager
> MANPATH=/home/anard/Applications/git-subrepo/man:/home/anard/.gentoo/java-config-2/current-user-vm/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/11/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.38/man:/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man/:/usr/lib64/php7.4/man/:/usr/lib64/php8.1/man/:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/lib/rust/man:/usr/lib/llvm/15/share/man:/usr/lib/llvm/14/share/man
> MOTD_SHOWN=pam
> MOZ_GMP_PATH=/usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/system-installed
> PAGER=/usr/bin/less
> PANEL_GDK_CORE_DEVICE_EVENTS=0
> PATH=/home/anard/Applications/git-subrepo/lib:/home/anard/Applications/git-subrepo/lib:/home/anard/gems/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/lib/llvm/11/bin
> PWD=/home/anard
> SESSION_MANAGER=local/imack:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2739,unix/imack:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2739
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SHLVL=1
> SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ssh-askpass-fullscreen
> SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/anard/.cache/keyring-4K9YX1/ssh
> TERM=xterm-256color
> UNCACHED_ERR_FD=
12a53,56
> VBOX_APP_HOME=/usr/lib64/virtualbox
> VISUAL=nano
> VTE_VERSION=7002
> WINDOWID=111149063
13a58,71
> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg:/etc/xdg
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=XFCE
> XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/anard/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share
> XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/anard
> XDG_MENU_PREFIX=xfce-
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
> XDG_SEAT=seat0
> XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
> XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
> XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=xfce
> XDG_SESSION_ID=1
> XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
> XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
> XDG_VTNR=7
@Anard I have re-read all your postings here incl. the logs to find out why BiT shows only an empty systray icon when started via cron (as user as well as as root).
I could not find any direct indication for the reason.
I suspect a missing env var when started via cron but could not find any relevant env var. I need to know which qt5 style is active for that.
Would it be possible for you to install our new release (candidate) v1.3.3 from source?
This code includes better debug log output of qt5 styles and would really help me to "tame the systray icon beast".
Edit: One final idea for a quick test: Could you install the "oxygen" icon theme since this is the fallback for missing icons in BiT? If it is not installed and the current theme cannot be determined an empty icon would be shown which matches your symptoms. The pkg name should be oxygen-icon-theme or oxygen-icons normally...
Hi back (in time) OK. I just updated BiT for "unstable" version. Which is compiled from Git master branch. And Oxygen icon theme. It works fine :) Then, I next uninstall Oxygen icons... Systray icon is invisible again when launched from cron. What is strange is that even when installed, Oxygen was not my selected icon theme when cron job worked... Thanks for your searches :)
Perfect, I think I can try to reproduce the bug this way now to find out why cron does not find the active theme but uses the oxygen fallback.
Could you please launch the (non-root) BiT GUI from a console with the --debug switch and post the console output here?
I need to know which Qt QPA plugin and theme is active causing the problem with cron.
OK. This /usr/bin/nice -n19 /usr/bin/ionice -c2 -n7 /usr/bin/backintime --debug backup-job or only /usr/bin/backintime --debug backup-job ?
$ /usr/bin/nice -n19 /usr/bin/ionice -c2 -n7 /usr/bin/backintime --debug backup-job
DEBUG: [common/backintime.py:589 argParse] Arguments: {'debug': True, 'command': 'backup-job', 'func': <function backupJob at 0x7f56ca5172e0>} | unknownArgs: []
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2286 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] first fork pid: 668
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2286 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] first fork pid: 0
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2295 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] decouple from parent environment
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2303 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] second fork pid: 669
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2303 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] second fork pid: 0
DEBUG: [common/tools.py:2312 BackupJobDaemon.daemonize] redirect standard file descriptors
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