[rdiff-backup-users] "Device not configured" Error on OS X

[Aaron Davies]

I'm trying to do my initial backup of my OS X 10.3.9 install using  
rdiff-backup 0.12.8, and I'm getting an error. The full command used  
and the error are below. Any help would be much appreciated!

# rdiff-backup --force --exclude /automount --exclude /Volumes  
--exclude /dev --exclude /.hotfiles.btree / /Volumes/Thoth/Laptop
Exception '[Errno 6] Device not configured' raised of class  
'exceptions.OSError':
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",  
line 32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",  
line 783, in append
    return self.__class__(self.conn, self.base, self.index + (ext,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",  
line 546, in __init__
    else: self.data = self.conn.C.make_file_dict(self.path)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",  
line 254, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",  
line 226, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",  
line 271, in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py",  
line 36, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py",  
line 210, in patch
    for diff in rorpiter.FillInIter(source_diffiter, dest_rpath):
  File  
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line  
181, in FillInIter
    for rp in rpiter:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py",  
line 99, in get_diffs
    for dest_sig in dest_sigiter:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py",  
line 161, in get_sigs
    for src_rorp, dest_rorp in cls.CCPP:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py",  
line 293, in next
    source_rorp, dest_rorp = self.iter.next()
  File  
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line  
92, in Collate2Iters
    try: relem1 = riter1.next()
  File  
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line  
340, in next
    next_elem = self.iter.next()
  File  
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py",  
line 132, in Iterate_fast
    try: rpath, val = diryield_stack[-1].next()
  File  
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py",  
line 120, in diryield
    rpath.append, (filename,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",  
line 32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",  
line 783, in append
    return self.__class__(self.conn, self.base, self.index + (ext,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",  
line 546, in __init__
    else: self.data = self.conn.C.make_file_dict(self.path)
OSError: [Errno 6] Device not configured
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in  
<bound method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file  
'/Volumes/Thoth/Laptop/rdiff-backup-data/file_statistics.2005-05-25T21: 
06:28-04:00.data.gz', mode 'wb' at 0x594020 0x10725a8>>  
ignoredException exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not  
callable" in <bound method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file  
'/Volumes/Thoth/Laptop/rdiff-backup-data/error_log.2005-05-25T21:06:28 
-04:00.data.gz', mode 'wb' at 0x3bef98 0x1072030>> ignoredException  
exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound  
method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file  
'/Volumes/Thoth/Laptop/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2005-05-25T21: 
06:28-04:00.snapshot.gz', mode 'wb' at 0x594068 0x1072670>> ignored
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