Description of problem: I am trying to transfer files from my Fedora 18 netbook to my Android tablet using rsync During the file transfer simple-mtpfs errors out complaining about lack of disk space: ... rsync: write failed on "/mnt/External SD/Music/group/song.mp3": No space left on device (28) rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(322) [receiver=3.0.9] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (1196 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9] Apparent cause is simple-mtpfs running out of disk-space below /tmp: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 1016844 0 1016844 0% /dev tmpfs 1026668 68 1026600 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 1026668 9748 1016920 1% /run tmpfs 1026668 0 1026668 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/mapper/VolGroup02-LogVol00 10480200 8737144 1204024 88% / tmpfs 1026668 1024476 2192 100% /tmp /dev/sda10 497572 87512 383948 19% /boot simple-mtpfs 21124976 2310600 18814376 11% /mnt Seemingly, simple-mtpfs stores a lot of data below /tmp (/tmp/simple-mtpfs-*), which easily can exceed the amount of RAM available in /tmp (tmpfs) on small RAM systems. Note: In this case, the netbook only has 2GB of RAM, while /mnt (On the Android tablet) is much bigger (>16 GB). The amount of data to be copied is ca. 4GB. Version: simple-mtpfs-0.1-4.fc18.i686 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. rsync more data than tmpfs's size to an simple-mtpfs mounted file system Actual results: c.f. above Expected results: Function.
which is one of many examples which confirms mine and the opinion of many others that "/tmp on tmpfs" is a pretty dumb default for a operating system abd broken by design
You can redirect simple-mtpfs to some other temporary directory either using -o tmp-dir. I strongly recommend you to use current git code, where you can specify TMPDIR.
(In reply to Peter Hatina from comment #2) > You can redirect simple-mtpfs to some other temporary directory either using > -o tmp-dir. I strongly recommend you to use current git code, where you can > specify TMPDIR. Instead of trying to find weak excuses, how about you to fix this package accordingly, rsp. RH to revert this /tmp on tmpfs absurdity?
(In reply to Ralf Corsepius from comment #3) > (In reply to Peter Hatina from comment #2) > > You can redirect simple-mtpfs to some other temporary directory either using > > -o tmp-dir. I strongly recommend you to use current git code, where you can > > specify TMPDIR. > > Instead of trying to find weak excuses, how about you to fix this package > accordingly, rsp. RH to revert this /tmp on tmpfs absurdity? Alright then.
simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20
simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc19
Package simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-22836/simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
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simple-mtpfs-0.2-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.