Comment on Timeshift crashed my desktop!
Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Hmmm… so reading up, Timeshift doesn’t automatically delete manual backups. Have you tried removing your old manual backups and trying again? This is just a hunch, but I feel as though Timeshift is looking through all of your old backups after you manually create a new one in order to apply appropriate tags. I think that’s why it’s telling you that the maximum weekly backups have been exceeded; because its checking every one of them.
Honestly, I’m just getting back into the Linux game after a couple years so I’m probably off, but it couldn’t hurt to delete a majority of your old, unneeded backups and check.
DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I tried deleting the old backups, it still takes about a minute to complete the snapshot. I think it only limits weekly backups, and manual backups are unlimited. Weekly backups are completely fine, and manual is where the problem lies.
Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s strange. Is there any verbose command when making a backup that could help you see what it’s doing after the snapshot in realtime?
DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Can’t run any commands now. I tried to restore a backup from a different utility, ended up deleting all the config files. System went down, had to reinstall.