On 25/03/18 15:32, Morgan Read via rsync wrote: > On 19/03/18 14:01, Morgan Read wrote: >> Hello list >> >> I've been running the following command, first in fc20 and then now >> (since the beginning of March) in fc26: >> now=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M"); sudo rsync -ahuAESX -vi /home/ >> /run/media/readlegal/Backup/home > >> /run/media/readlegal/Backup/rsync-changes_$now >> >> Since the move to fc26, this command has caused the complete >> freeze/crash of the system. I tried it under multi-user non-graphic >> mode in case it was something to do with new graphics systems (don't >> know why). The output of the above always stops at: >> sending incremental file list >> .d..t...... Music/FLACs/Various_Artists/Temple_Sampler/ >> >f+++++++++ >> Music/FLACs/Various_Artists/Temple_Sampler/13-brian_mcneill-the_butterfly_chain.flac >> >> >> (total 183 bytes file size, always) >> >> By complete freeze/crash I mean: >> * hard-drive light indicates spinning, but no noise (activity) >> * unable to ssh in >> * unable to ping >> * in multi-user text, I'm first able to switch to another login >> console, but then unable to progress past the login password; after >> switching to other consoles, the original login screen attempt has >> gone blank other than a blinking cursor top left >> * in graphic mode, there's no (inter)activity whatsoever possible - >> though screen has desktop on it >> * the only apparent solution is a hard reset >> >> The external drive is a WD 750GB hard-drive in a StarTech.com external >> hard-drive caddy connected via eSATA cable to an old Dell Vostro 3500. >> >> Any help or suggestions debugging this would be really appreciated. >> >> Many thanks >> Morgan.
If the problem arrived with the upgrade to fc26, it could be a driver issue. There may be some newly enabled driver feature that breaks your hardware. For example, some external USB drives (e.g. Seagate Backup+ Hub devices) don't properly support UAS, so when that became the default in the kernel those drives started misbehaving. Perhaps something similar has happened to eSATA? .Dave. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
