[rdiff-backup-users] backup hangs with new external HDD

[Eric Beversluis]

I have been using rdiff-backup on an external HDD. I'm now trying to
make a new backup on a different external HDD. While the first backup
continues to work well, this is what happens in the other case. I need
help in understanding all of this output.

The external HDD is a WD Passport. I first re-partitioned it using
gparted-live, and then when I had trouble, I went back and
re-partitioned and re-formatted it again with the openSuse Partitioner.
One ext3 partition and one FAT32 partition. 

In general the ext3 partition mounts properly. I can save to it and
rdiff-backup starts saving, cranks for about a half hour, and then it
fails.  It actually seems to write about this much to the drive before
it fails--sometimes it doesn't get this far.

============
linux-oe0e:/media/disk-2/rdiff/home # cd eric
linux-oe0e:/media/disk-2/rdiff/home/eric # ls -al
total 92
drwx------ 8 eric users  4096 Feb 13 16:21 .
drwx------ 3 eric users  4096 Feb 13 15:53 ..
drwx------ 2 eric users  4096 Feb  1 11:11 .AbiSuite
-rw------- 1 eric users 30732 Feb 13 12:50 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x 3 eric users  4096 Apr  2  2009 .Nouveau Systems
drwxr-xr-x 4 eric users  4096 Nov 26 19:00 .VirtualBox
drwx------ 5 eric users  4096 Oct 21 08:45 .adobe
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users    24 Feb 13  2009 .aspell.en.prepl
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users    81 Feb 13  2009 .aspell.en.pws
drwxr-xr-x 5 eric users  4096 Dec 30 12:35 .audacity-data
-rw------- 1 eric users 14100 Feb 12 20:40 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 eric users  1177 Jan 17  2009 .bashrc
drwx------ 6 eric users  4096 Feb 13 16:21 .beagle
============

The terminal printout (below) doesn't seem to differ if I try to run
rdiff-backup as root. All the files and directories are owned by me, as
is everything in the external HDD partition. Hopefully someone can make
sense of this. Again, it works fine on the other external HDD which is
set up the same way with the same permissions and shows the same
settings in mtab when it's mounted (ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0).

============
linux-oe0e:/media/disk # rdiff-backup
--exclude /home/eric/.evolution/cache/tmp --include /home/eric
--include /srv/www --include /var/lib/mysql --exclude
'**' / /media/disk/rdiff
/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/hash.py:22:
DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module
instead
  import sha
IOError while trying to log exception!
Exception '[Errno 30] Read-only file system' raised of class '<type
'exceptions.IOError'>':
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
101, in copy
    if rpin.isreg(): return copy_reg_file(rpin, rpout, compress)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
129, in copy_reg_file
    return rpout.write_from_fileobj(rpin.open("rb"), compress =
compress)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
1146, in write_from_fileobj
    copyfileobj(fp, outfp)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
60, in copyfileobj
    outputfp.write(inbuf)

Exception '[Errno 30] Read-only file system' raised of class '<type
'exceptions.IOError'>':
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
302, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
322, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
278, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
344, in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
38, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
232, in patch
    ITR(diff.index, diff)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py",
line 281, in __call__
    last_branch.fast_process(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
529, in fast_process
    if self.patch_to_temp(mirror_rp, diff_rorp, tf):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
550, in patch_to_temp
    result = self.patch_snapshot_to_temp(diff_rorp, new)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
579, in patch_snapshot_to_temp
    (diff_rorp, new))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
101, in copy
    if rpin.isreg(): return copy_reg_file(rpin, rpout, compress)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
129, in copy_reg_file
    return rpout.write_from_fileobj(rpin.open("rb"), compress =
compress)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
1146, in write_from_fileobj
    copyfileobj(fp, outfp)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
60, in copyfileobj
    outputfp.write(inbuf)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in <module>
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
302, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
322, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
278, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
344, in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
38, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
232, in patch
    ITR(diff.index, diff)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py",
line 281, in __call__
    last_branch.fast_process(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
529, in fast_process
    if self.patch_to_temp(mirror_rp, diff_rorp, tf):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
550, in patch_to_temp
    result = self.patch_snapshot_to_temp(diff_rorp, new)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
579, in patch_snapshot_to_temp
    (diff_rorp, new))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
101, in copy
    if rpin.isreg(): return copy_reg_file(rpin, rpout, compress)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
129, in copy_reg_file
    return rpout.write_from_fileobj(rpin.open("rb"), compress =
compress)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
1146, in write_from_fileobj
    copyfileobj(fp, outfp)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
60, in copyfileobj
    outputfp.write(inbuf)
IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system
close failed in file object destructor:
IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system
linux-oe0e:/media/disk # 

Thanks.