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Discussion for Welcome page

chbgui — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:34:10 -0000

How to run a full system backup without errors with chbGUI:

There are many special files in a Linux environment that will produce errors when backing up. You should avoid backing up these files by adding exclusion patterns to your template (in the Advanced parameters dialog).
Here is a list that you can use as a reference, but remember YOU alone are responsible for your own configuration:
/dev/pts/
/gvfs-metadata/
/proc/
/sys/

Note the ones that have a space at the beginning - it is intentional!

Welcome modified by chbgui

chbgui — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:34:08 -0000

Discussion for chbGUI Wiki page

chbgui — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:46:14 -0000

Issue:
Error in chb Output: /tmp/<timestamp>.copy.sh: line <n> : syntax error near unexpected token ...

The issue is due to a special character found in a file name.

Applies to:
chb 188 or lower on Linux

Solution:
Handling of special characters is improved in chb version 189 and this error should not occur anymore. Please install chbGUI package version 1.0.7-189 or higher.

Discussion for chbGUI Wiki page

chbgui — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:55:15 -0000

Issue:
The template list on the main window shows duplicate entries after closing the chb Output window or other window (on some platforms).

Solution:
I don't have a permanent solution to this issue yet - it may be related to the Java version. In the meantime, as a workaround, closing chbGUI and reopening it resolves the issue. This is just a display problem and does not mean that your templates are actually duplicated. You may use either entry and it should work correctly.

chbGUI Wiki modified by chbgui

chbgui — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:46:49 -0000

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Welcome to the chbGUI Wiki!

-This is where chbGUI problems and solutions are posted.
+This is where chbGUI known issues and solutions are posted.
 If you have a problem or question and can't find the answer here, please go to Support and open a ticket.

Discussion for chbGUI Wiki page

chbgui — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:37:34 -0000

Problem:
Error "BackupName XYZ contains invalid characters."

Applies to:
chb v 188 and higher.

Solution:
Rename your template so it only contains alphanumeric characters. Dash, underscore and spaces are also acceptable, however spaces will be translated to underscores by chb at runtime for the purposes of logging.

This chb limitation has always existed but the rule was never enforced before. Version 188 and higher will enforce this rule to avoid issues.

chbGUI Wiki modified by chbgui

chbgui — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:47:23 -0000

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-Welcome to your wiki!
+Welcome to the chbGUI Wiki!

-This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a new page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage].
+This is where chbGUI problems and solutions are posted.
+If you have a problem or question and can't find the answer here, please go to Support and open a ticket.

-The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/chbgui/wiki/markdown_syntax/) syntax.
+

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Discussion for Home page

chbgui — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:22:55 -0000

List of OS version where chbGUI has been tested to run fine:

Linux:
Fedora Core 6 (Gnome) - Java 1.6
RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (Gnome) - Java 1.6
Ubuntu 7.10 (Gnome) - Java 1.6
Ubuntu 14.04 (Unity) - Java 1.6
Open SUSE 13.1 (KDE) - Java 1.7

Mac OS X:
10.3 (Panther) - Java 1.5
10.4 (Tiger) - Java 1.5
10.9 (Mavericks) - Java 1.8

Discussion for Home page

chbgui — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:09:58 -0000

chbGUI won't start at all on Linux - no message is displayed or error
Exception in thread "main" java.awt.AWTError: Cannot load AWT toolkit: gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.GtkToolkit
or a similar error is displayed.

This may be caused by the wrong version of Java being used. Make sure you have Java 1.6 and that it is in the path.

Check with the following command in a Terminal:

java -version

If necessary, edit the run_chbGUI.sh script to add your JAVA_HOME location. Don't forget to uncomment the appropriate lines as shown in my example below (my java home is /opt/jdk1.0.6_04):

/bin/sh

if necessary, set the JAVA_HOME and PATH here:

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6.0_04
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

java -jar Contents/Resources/Java/chbGUI.jar

Discussion for Home page

chbgui — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:35:03 -0000

grep - Invalid character range error - on Mac OS X

This happens when chb encounters log files whose age exceeds the log retention period and tries to delete them. The error is corrected in chb v 186.

In the meantime, you can increase the log retention period in the template so the error does not occur.