I have exactly the same problem, started on 20 Feb 2014. This is my output from the debug info.. DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Using archive dir: /home/dad/.cache/deja-dup/b73fb90c36d17ad906e84d0c0103e87e
DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Using backup name: b73fb90c36d17ad906e84d0c0103e87e DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.cloudfilesbackend Succeeded (.... snipped out loads of "succeeded" linbes as above) DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Import of duplicity.backends.sshbackend Failed: No module named paramiko DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 1 failed: TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 311, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 162, in create_volume DUPLICITY: . self.handle_error(raise_errors, 'put', answer, self.volume_uri) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 152, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise TemporaryLoadException(msg) DUPLICITY: . TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 2 failed: TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 311, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 162, in create_volume DUPLICITY: . self.handle_error(raise_errors, 'put', answer, self.volume_uri) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 152, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise TemporaryLoadException(msg) DUPLICITY: . TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 3 failed: TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 311, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 162, in create_volume DUPLICITY: . self.handle_error(raise_errors, 'put', answer, self.volume_uri) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 152, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise TemporaryLoadException(msg) DUPLICITY: . TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: WARNING 1 DUPLICITY: . Attempt 4 failed: TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: DEBUG 1 DUPLICITY: . Backtrace of previous error: Traceback (innermost last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 311, in iterate DUPLICITY: . return fn(*args, **kwargs) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 162, in create_volume DUPLICITY: . self.handle_error(raise_errors, 'put', answer, self.volume_uri) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/backends/u1backend.py", line 152, in handle_error DUPLICITY: . raise TemporaryLoadException(msg) DUPLICITY: . TemporaryLoadException: Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: ERROR 50 put 'https://one.ubuntu.com/api/file_storage/v1/volumes/~/Newblack/laurie3' DUPLICITY: . Maximum retries (3) reached. Please try again. (Original error: InternalError: cannot execute SELECT FOR UPDATE in a read-only transaction DUPLICITY: . ) DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Using temporary directory /tmp/duplicity-CForA2-tempdir -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1283404 Title: Duplicity fails to back up local files to Ubuntu One To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1283404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs