rsync is bad

[Karl Larsen]

NoOp wrote:
> On 06/07/2008 04:54 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     I hoped that rsync would result in a copy of the original but fails 
>> to do so. It seems to do something to GTK+ which no-one including me, 
>> has the first clue how to fix. I have had no luck with rsync so will 
>> stop using it.
>>     
>
> Your GTK error is written in the error message and is due to incorrect
> permissions of your /tmp directory. Go back to your GTK thread and use
> google:
>
> ubuntu + gtk +"mkdtemp:private socket dir: Permission denied"
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=GTK-WARNING%2BThis+process+is
>
> and you'll find the answer yourself. You should have also looked to see
> what process:5394 was. Next time something tells you that process:xyz is
> a problem, from a terminal enter:
>
> ps axf
>
> That will give you the PID and the thread that the process is running
> in. It may not give you the answer to resolve your problem, but it is an
> easy way to point you in the direction to look.
>
> BTW: I've had the same problem in the past, so I'm pretty sure that
> changing your /tmp permissions will resolve the problem.
>
> cd /
> ls -l
> drwxrwxrwt  13 root  root  36864 2008-06-08 09:36 tmp
>
> Re rsync: I recommend (as I did previously) that you try grsync where
> you can easily tick the boxes to: Preserve time, Preserve owner,
> Preserve permissions, Preserve group, copy symlinks, make backups, Don't
> map uid/gid values etc., etc., *and* run a simulation via the GUI. I
> reckon that the command line is better & faster, but w/grsync might be
> easier for you to use.
>
>
>   
    This is all water over the bridge now. I have had success with rsync 
and it is working. Now I need to get the grub from /dev/hda7 working. I 
got here from the original grub on /dev/sda2. Since /dev/sda2 is going 
away I need to get this one working.

Karl


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