[Duplicity-talk] Error while backing up, Any ideas?

[Jason Dreger]

Hey,

Any ideas on this error, Running Fedora Core 6,  I am not running  
screen,  when I check /proc/sys/kernel/pty/nr,  it shows no more than  
3 and I bumped up /proc/sys/kernel/pty/max to 8196,  still the same.  
Any ideas?

Linux web1.domain.ca 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 14:10:25 EST  
2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
0.4.11 Duplicity
all built from source


Selecting /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_kitchen.jpg
Comparing ('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images', 'listing_photos',  
'22450_kitchen.jpg') and None
Getting delta of (('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images',  
'listing_photos', '22450_kitchen.jpg') /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/ 
www/html/images/listing_photos/22450_kitchen.jpg reg) and None
Generating delta - new file: fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_kitchen.jpg
Selecting /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_livingroom1.jpg
Comparing ('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images', 'listing_photos',  
'22450_livingroom1.jpg') and None
Getting delta of (('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images',  
'listing_photos', '22450_livingroom1.jpg') /home/virtual/site1/fst/ 
var/www/html/images/listing_photos/22450_livingroom1.jpg reg) and None
Generating delta - new file: fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_livingroom1.jpg
Selecting /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_livingroom2.jpg
Comparing ('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images', 'listing_photos',  
'22450_livingroom2.jpg') and None
Getting delta of (('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images',  
'listing_photos', '22450_livingroom2.jpg') /home/virtual/site1/fst/ 
var/www/html/images/listing_photos/22450_livingroom2.jpg reg) and None
Generating delta - new file: fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_livingroom2.jpg
Selecting /home/virtual/site1/fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_master bedroom.jpg
Comparing ('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images', 'listing_photos',  
'22450_master bedroom.jpg') and None
Getting delta of (('fst', 'var', 'www', 'html', 'images',  
'listing_photos', '22450_master bedroom.jpg') /home/virtual/site1/fst/ 
var/www/html/images/listing_photos/22450_master bedroom.jpg reg) and  
None
Generating delta - new file: fst/var/www/html/images/listing_photos/ 
22450_master bedroom.jpg
Running 'scp  /tmp/duplicity-udNWbP-tempdir/mktemp-VFApIC-3440  
address@hidden:domain.ca/duplicity-full. 
2008-06-11T22:56:22-06:00.vol3439.difftar.gpg' (attempt #1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 463, in ?
    with_tempdir(main)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 458, in with_tempdir
    fn()
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 449, in main
    full_backup(col_stats)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 155, in full_backup
    bytes_written = write_multivol("full", tarblock_iter,  
globals.backend)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 99, in write_multivol
    backend.put(tdp, dest_filename)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/backends.py",  
line 481, in put
    self.run_scp_command(commandline)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/duplicity/backends.py",  
line 357, in run_scp_command
    child = self.pexpect.spawn(commandline, timeout = globals.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pexpect.py", line 429, in  
__init__
    self._spawn (command, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pexpect.py", line 529, in  
_spawn
    raise ExceptionPexpect('Error! pty.fork() failed: ' + str(e))
pexpect.ExceptionPexpect: Error! pty.fork() failed: out of pty devices