Hi;
I've an issue I don't manage to get rid of. I'm using FFS 6.9 on XUbuntu 14.04 64 bits (actually Ubuntu studio, it's based on XFCE. It can use a lowlatency Linux kernel but currently I use only the generic kernel).
I'm using FFS to synchronize my laptop data files with my NAS (Synolgy DS413j using DSM 5.2). It was working fine until something happened, I can't be sure what as I did several changes in a short time (changing passwords, updating systems...); anyway I came back to previous situations as much as I could (restoring HDD images on the laptop, coming back to previous passwords), nothing changed.
The issue is: once the FFS job is launched, comparison is done as usual, then synchronization starts. After about 30 s, FFS freezes and can't be awaken any more. The little animation of the guy digging is frozen, with everything (from FFS only) else. FFS can't be really terminated, it's always in the process list. It can stay a whole night in this state. I had the feeling (but I must confirm that) that Thunar (the XFCE file manager) tends to do the same when FFS behaves this way. Yet as for Thunar, I have the feeling that it can awake by itself after a while ― once again, I still have to precise that.
I did quite a bunch of tests which I won't put it here immediately unless I'm asked to do so, and searched (a bit) on the internet whether someone ever met the same issue, without success. I thought about upgrading to FFS 7 but had an issue too (see [FFS 7 for Ubuntu 14.04?](viewtopic.php?t=460 "Thread 'FFS 7 for Ubuntu 14.04?'"))
Does anyone ever met the same issue? Or have any idea what's happening?
Many thanks.
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Luc
FFS 6.9 freezes on XUbuntu 14.04 64 bits
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Actually it looks like it's an issue due to [sshfs](http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html "SSH Filesystem homepage"), as I could make FFS 6.9 synchronize nicely, using samba protocol.
I'll continue to investigate (as sshfs is really nice when/if it works) and shall post results here.
I'll continue to investigate (as sshfs is really nice when/if it works) and shall post results here.
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> I'll continue to investigate (as sshfs is really nice when/if it works) and shall post results here.Actually it looks like it's an issue due to [sshfs](http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html "SSH Filesystem homepage"), as I could make FFS 6.9 synchronize nicely, using samba protocol.
I'll continue to investigate (as sshfs is really nice when/if it works) and shall post results here.lucmorizur
Great, thanks!
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Hi;
well in fact I didn't investigate much about sshfs :-/ ... Using samba works fine, this is it the way I mainly connect to my NAS now, as sshfs obviously brings some constraints (have to disconnect before computer put to sleep or hibernate, have to quit any software connected through sshfs before disconnecting...). I'm alittle disappointed to prefer using samba rather than sshfs, because samba is more "Windows-like" to my eyes, but... I'm lazy too :-/ ... ;-)
Cheers!
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Luc
well in fact I didn't investigate much about sshfs :-/ ... Using samba works fine, this is it the way I mainly connect to my NAS now, as sshfs obviously brings some constraints (have to disconnect before computer put to sleep or hibernate, have to quit any software connected through sshfs before disconnecting...). I'm alittle disappointed to prefer using samba rather than sshfs, because samba is more "Windows-like" to my eyes, but... I'm lazy too :-/ ... ;-)
Cheers!
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Luc
