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Martin

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rsync hangs/stalls

Dear experts,

I have used rsync (grsync actually) to make backups for years. It has worked like a charm. I use three USB-HDDs that I rotate between. Maybe not the most 'modern' solution but it works for me.

Today was the day for yet another backup.

Now rsync hangs after a short while. According to the messages it is skipping irregular files (conda something or the other) when it stalls.

I get no error messages. It just stops making progress.

The HDD I use has more than 300 GB of free space. When accessing it manually (using Thunar) it responds normally. I can see that new files have not been backed up.

I don't use the computer while taking backups.

I upgraded my system earlier today and is running kernel 7.0.10+deb13-amd64.

Firing up btop I see several rsync instances but none is doing anything. If I kill the backup process in grsync and close grsync I see no change in btop. I can kill some, but not all, rsync instances from btop.

I can't unmount the HDD as a rsync process is accessing it.

I have found this 'help': https://rsync.samba.org/issues.html
I am none the wiser for that as I don't see any correlation to my experience of using a process and equipment I have used successfully so many times suddenly fail.

Any leads would be appreciated.

TIA

/Martin

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Piet Hein

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Re: rsync hangs/stalls

What is the full error message from grsync?

Can you run the rsync command from the terminal and then post the full error message.

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Martin

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From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2015-10-01

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Re: rsync hangs/stalls

There was no error message!

I have re-booted my computer using an older kernel (6.1.0-21-amd64). Now the backup works just fine. I don't know if the kernel is causing this or if this was just a dumb luck thing.

I see later versions of rsync are derided on internet fora. They have been updated using Claude-generated code. As far as I have seen so far, the rsync version I use should not be a victim of this practice.

/Martin

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Piet Hein

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Re: rsync hangs/stalls

What's the full message when this happens:

According to the messages it is skipping irregular files (conda something or the other) when it stalls.

Although it appears to be an issue with the kernel.

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