Konqueror gets stuck when transferring files

[Ignazio Palmisano]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Often when I copy / move files between computers I find that Konqueror
> get 'stuck' and the copy / move fails in the middle. The file transfer
> dialog litteraly says "stuck" and no more files move. I have found
> this to be the case no matter which machines I am using, or which
> Kubuntu versions, for a few years. I do not know if this is a Kubuntu
> or more general Ubuntu issue as I've only used Kubuntu.
> 
> When the issue crops up, how can I determine the cause? Today I am
> trying to move 30+ GB from a Kubuntu 8.04 (KDE 3.5.10) laptop to a
> Kubuntu 8.10 (KDE 4.1) desktop. Each time I try the move gets stuck on
> a different file, sometimes earlier and sometime later. The issue is
> reproducable, and is not confined to the machines or Kubuntu versions
> currently in use.
> 

I've seen this often using the fish protocol. When I switched to sftp 
the issue disappeared (so far).
HTH,
I.