This happens to me also, started to occur after installing/setting up gpg for email. Did the log thing as suggested, parts that are probably relevant (slightly adjusted/anonimized):
DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Args: /usr/bin/duplicity --include=/include-folder --exclude=/exclude-folder --exclude=** --gio --volsize=25 / smb://user@host/path --verbosity=9 --gpg-options=--no-use-agent --archive-dir=/home/user/.cache/deja-dup --log-fd=23 DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . Linux hostname 3.0.0-13-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 17 20:18:51 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . /usr/bin/python 2.7.2+ (default, Oct 4 2011, 20:06:09) DUPLICITY: . [GCC 4.6.1] DUPLICITY: INFO 1 DUPLICITY: . GPG error detail: Traceback (most recent call last): DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1359, in <module> DUPLICITY: . with_tempdir(main) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1342, in with_tempdir DUPLICITY: . fn() DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1218, in main DUPLICITY: . sync_archive(decrypt) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1040, in sync_archive DUPLICITY: . copy_to_local(fn) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 987, in copy_to_local DUPLICITY: . gpg.GzipWriteFile(src_iter, tdp.name, size=sys.maxint) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/gpg.py", line 346, in GzipWriteFile DUPLICITY: . new_block = block_iter.next(min(128*1024, bytes_to_go)) DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 970, in next DUPLICITY: . self.fileobj.close() DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/dup_temp.py", line 214, in close DUPLICITY: . assert not self.fileobj.close() DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/gpg.py", line 213, in close DUPLICITY: . self.gpg_failed() DUPLICITY: . File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/gpg.py", line 180, in gpg_failed DUPLICITY: . raise GPGError, msg DUPLICITY: . GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below: DUPLICITY: . ===== Begin GnuPG log ===== DUPLICITY: . gpg: CAST5 encrypted data DUPLICITY: . gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase DUPLICITY: . gpg: block_filter 0x185ce00: read error (size=14688,a->size=14688) DUPLICITY: . gpg: packet(6) with unknown version 72 DUPLICITY: . gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=51) DUPLICITY: . gpg: mdc_packet with invalid encoding DUPLICITY: . gpg: decryption failed: invalid packet DUPLICITY: . gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=4a) DUPLICITY: . gpg: block_filter: pending bytes! DUPLICITY: . ===== End GnuPG log ===== DUPLICITY: . DUPLICITY: ERROR 31 GPGError DUPLICITY: . GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below: DUPLICITY: . ===== Begin GnuPG log ===== DUPLICITY: . gpg: CAST5 encrypted data DUPLICITY: . gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase DUPLICITY: . gpg: block_filter 0x185ce00: read error (size=14688,a->size=14688) DUPLICITY: . gpg: packet(6) with unknown version 72 DUPLICITY: . gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=51) DUPLICITY: . gpg: mdc_packet with invalid encoding DUPLICITY: . gpg: decryption failed: invalid packet DUPLICITY: . gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=4a) DUPLICITY: . gpg: block_filter: pending bytes! DUPLICITY: . ===== End GnuPG log ===== DUPLICITY: . ** (deja-dup:6311): DEBUG: DuplicityInstance.vala:196: Running the following duplicity (6539) command: duplicity 'cleanup' '--force' 'smb://user@host/path '--gio' '--verbosity=9' '--gpg-options=--no-use-agent' '--archive-dir=/home/user/.cache/deja-dup' '--log-fd=24' ** (deja-dup:6311): DEBUG: DuplicityInstance.vala:571: duplicity (6535) process killed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883742 Title: Deja Dup keeps asking for password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/883742/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs