Below is the contents of /etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.DejaDup.Monitor.desktop. If this is the expected value, consider this bug fixed.
I also confirm that Deja Dup starts correctly every day. My current Ubuntu version is Groovy Gorilla. # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Michael Terry [Desktop Entry] Name=Backup Monitor Comment=Schedules backups at regular intervals X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=deja-dup Icon=org.gnome.DejaDup Exec=/usr/libexec/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=120 StartupNotify=false NoDisplay=true Type=Application Categories=Utility;Archiving; -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866620 Title: deja-dup-monitor startup invalid path Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: deja-dup-monitor has the following paths in the file /etc/xdg/autostart/deja-dup-monitor.desktop, which are invalid: TryExec=/usr/lib/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor Exec=/usr/lib/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor This prevents deja-dup from making automatic back-ups. To resolve the situation, I had to manually update the paths to: TryExec=/usr/libexec/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor Exec=/usr/libexec/deja-dup/deja-dup-monitor 1. Distribution: Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch) 2. Version: deja-dup 40.5-1 duplicity 0.8.11.1596-1 3. Settings: org.gnome.DejaDup exclude-list ['/home/wiktor/.local/share/Trash', '/home/wiktor/Downloads', '/home/wiktor/.android', '/home/wiktor/.android-sdk', '/home/wiktor/.programy', '/home/wiktor/.VirtualBoxVMs', '/home/wiktor/Music', '/home/wiktor/Videos', '/home/wiktor/.gradle', '/home/wiktor/.p2', '/home/wiktor/.package-manager', '/home/wiktor/.cache', '/home/wiktor/.pub-cache', '/home/wiktor/.local/share/Daedalus', '/home/wiktor/.daedalus'] org.gnome.DejaDup allow-metered false org.gnome.DejaDup root-prompt true org.gnome.DejaDup periodic-period 1 org.gnome.DejaDup include-list ['$HOME'] org.gnome.DejaDup prompt-check '2017-10-13T18:23:45.958383Z' org.gnome.DejaDup periodic true org.gnome.DejaDup delete-after 0 org.gnome.DejaDup last-restore '2020-02-16T11:22:29.255500Z' org.gnome.DejaDup last-run '2020-03-09T10:55:11+00' org.gnome.DejaDup full-backup-period 90 org.gnome.DejaDup last-backup '2020-03-09T10:55:11+00' org.gnome.DejaDup backend 'local' org.gnome.DejaDup nag-check '2020-01-26T01:18:25.016870Z' org.gnome.DejaDup.S3 folder 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.S3 bucket '' org.gnome.DejaDup.S3 id '' org.gnome.DejaDup.Rackspace container 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.Rackspace username '' org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack authurl '' org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack tenant '' org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack container 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.OpenStack username '' org.gnome.DejaDup.GCS folder 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.GCS bucket '' org.gnome.DejaDup.GCS id '' org.gnome.DejaDup.Local folder '/mnt/iza/deja-dup' org.gnome.DejaDup.Google folder 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA folder 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA id '' org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA type 'owncloud' org.gnome.DejaDup.GOA migrated false org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive folder 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive uuid '' org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive name '' org.gnome.DejaDup.Drive icon '' org.gnome.DejaDup.File path '' org.gnome.DejaDup.File relpath @ay [] org.gnome.DejaDup.File name '' org.gnome.DejaDup.File migrated true org.gnome.DejaDup.File type 'normal' org.gnome.DejaDup.File uuid '' org.gnome.DejaDup.File short-name '' org.gnome.DejaDup.File icon '' org.gnome.DejaDup.Remote folder 'wiktor' org.gnome.DejaDup.Remote uri '' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1866620/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp