I want to copy some files from "lynx" to "moose". At "moose" there is 6% or 16GB free in the target partition. And I can login from "lynx" into "moose" without entering a password, because the ssh-agent or gnome-keyring-daemon (?) manage my ssh-key: rose@lynx:/home/rose(5)$ ssh moose df /home Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg-home 268127560 238219268 16486520 94% /home_moose The size of the files I want to copy is smaller than 30MB: rose@lynx:/home/rose(6)$ du -s Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.* 5412 Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.crw 18628 Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.ppm 'rsync' hangs with: rose@lynx:/home/rose(7)$ rsync -vvvv Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.* moose:/home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/ cmd=<NULL> machine=moose user=<NULL> path=/home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/ cmd[0]=ssh cmd[1]=moose cmd[2]=rsync cmd[3]=--server cmd[4]=-vvvve.Lsf cmd[5]=. cmd[6]=/home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/ opening connection using: ssh moose rsync --server -vvvve.Lsf . /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/ note: iconv_open("UTF-8", "UTF-8") succeeded. (Server) Protocol versions: remote=30, negotiated=30 (Client) Protocol versions: remote=30, negotiated=30 [sender] make_file(utsira.crw,*,0) [sender] make_file(utsira.ppm,*,0) [sender] flist start=0, used=2, low=0, high=1 [sender] i=0 Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon utsira.crw mode=0100640 len=5528964 flags=0 [sender] i=1 Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon utsira.ppm mode=0100640 len=19046801 flags=0 send_file_list done file list sent send_files starting server_recv(2) starting pid=11114 received 2 names [Receiver] flist start=0, used=2, low=0, high=1 [Receiver] i=0 1 utsira.crw mode=0100640 len=5528964 flags=0 [Receiver] i=1 1 utsira.ppm mode=0100640 len=19046801 flags=0 recv_file_list done get_local_name count=2 /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/ generator starting pid=11114 delta-transmission enabled recv_generator(utsira.crw,0) send_files(0, Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.crw) count=0 n=0 rem=0 send_files mapped Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.crw of size 5528964 calling match_sums Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.crw utsira.crw At the target computer I can see, that about 3.3MB are arrived: root@moose:/root(4)# du -s /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/.??* /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/* 3328 /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/.utsira.crw.aCSOXv 12920 /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/IMG_8787.CR2 13440 /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/IMG_8791.CR2 14092 /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/IMG_8792.CR2 4 /home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/Readme.txt I can copy small files with scp without problems: rose@lynx:/home/rose(34)$ scp -rp workflow.pdf rose@moose:/home/rose/ workflow.pdf 100% 126KB 126.2KB/s 126.2KB/s 00:00 rose@lynx:/home/rose(35)$ scp -rp saved_etc__wireless/ rose@moose:/home/rose/ _wireless.Home_WLAN 100% 12KB 12.0KB/s 12.0KB/s 00:00 _wireless.BIPdm 100% 12KB 12.0KB/s 12.0KB/s 00:00 _wireless.MDC 100% 12KB 12.0KB/s 12.0KB/s 00:00 _wireless.TFH_WLAN 100% 12KB 12.0KB/s 12.0KB/s 00:00 _wireless.Home 100% 12KB 12.0KB/s 12.0KB/s 00:00 _wireless.TFH 100% 12KB 12.0KB/s 12.0KB/s 00:00 But if I want to copy larger files (all together about 29 MB), 'scp' failes after about 1MB: rose@lynx:/home/rose(1)$ du -s Txt/Pictures/Travelling/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ 28624 Txt/Pictures/Travelling/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ rose@lynx:/home/rose(5)$ scp -rp Txt/Pictures/Travelling/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ moose:/home/rose/ DSCF1108.JPG 20% 992KB 0.0KB/s 0.1KB/s - stalled -^CKilled by signal 2. rose@lynx:/home/rose(6)$ scp Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.* moose:/home_moose/rose/Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/ utsira.crw 21% 1184KB 0.0KB/s 0.0KB/s - stalled -^CKilled by signal 2. If I try to copy the same files via NFS, there is no problem: rose@lynx:/home/rose(8)$ ssh moose du -s /home/rose/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ du: cannot access '/home/rose/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/': No such file or directory rose@lynx:/home/rose(9)$ cp -a Txt/Pictures/Travelling/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ /net/moose/home_moose/rose/ rose@lynx:/home/rose(10)$ ssh moose du -s /home/rose/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ 28552 /home/rose/IBMT_Spreewald_Trip_2012/ The next attempt with an other computer ("leopard", about 300 GB free in home partion): rose@lynx:/home/rose(15)$ ssh leopard "df /home_leopard/" Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg0-home 326785744 10627656 299800304 4% /home_leopard rose@lynx:/home/rose(16)$ scp Txt/Hardware_test/Cameras/Canon/utsira.* leopard:/home_leopard/rose/ utsira.crw 24% 1296KB 0.0KB/s 0.1KB/s - stalled -^CKilled by signal 2. rose@lynx:/home/rose(17)$ scp .bash_profile leopard:/home_leopard/rose/ .bash_profile 100% 66KB 65.8KB/s 65.8KB/s 00:00 Some weeks ago I did not see such a kind of problems, I also checked now the filessystem of the home partion at moose and no error was detected. Any hint is appreciated.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 414401 ***