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Compaq Presario R3240 AMD-64 laptop
Ubuntu-64 Breezy, Gnome shell (OK, OK, chill.)

Kdar is the only backup solution I have found that works for me. There are like thousands of Linux backup tools, but almost all of them are designed for huge installations with a gazillion workstations. I just have a laptop that I want to back up to a 60 GB external USB pocket drive. And I want to do it only when I get to a point where I have created enough new files to make it advisable to do a backup. Thus, there might be a couple weeks between backups. Automated backup tools just won't work here. Kdar is about the only tool I have found that suits my scenario.

But the problem is that it crashes all the time. This morning I went to make a backup. I had just started the computer, logged in, and Kdar was the only application I launched. It got almost to the end, then suddenly the shell went down and I was back at a login screen. When I logged back in Kdar was gone. This is always what happens -- Kdar goes down and takes the shell with it.

After logging back in I restarted Kdar and remade the backup. This time it completed perfectly. The crashes seem to be random; that is, I can't figure out any common elements.

Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong?

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried to send a bug report with the Help menu in Kdar, but no matter what I tried it was unable to find the network. Eventually I gave up and did it manually from my e-mail client. No response so far, but it's been only a couple of days. Meantime, it continues to crash the whole computer on about one out of three backups. I've never needed to do a restore, but it does not inspire confidence. What if the restore function is equally broken? I mean, even the bug report tool doesn't work. I think I need to look for something else.