Re: Tramp hangs when saving large files

[Michael Albinus]

Mujtaba Ali <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,

Hi,

> I have recently begun using tramp.  I didn't have any problems at first 
> since I was opening/saving small files.  When saving files more than a few 
> hundred bytes, however, tramp will freeze on me.  I have ssh set as my 
> tramp default method.  The ftp method works fine, but I prefer secure 
> transfer.  _Opening_ large files works without issue.  It's only saving 
> that has problems.  Emacs is v21.2 running under RedHat 8.0 (Intel) and the 
> remote host is a Tru64/OSF/Alpha machine.  Here is the message I receive 
> when tramp hangs:
>
> tramp: Waiting for remote host to process data...
>
> Any hints on how to resolve this problem?

Hmm, you're using RedHat 8.0. A similar problem has been reported
recently, from another RedHat 8.0 user. Kai's suggestion:

| I think it's a problem with sending large chunks to the remote host.
| Please type C-h v tramp-chunksize RET and follow the instructions
| shown there.
| 
| You could also (setq tramp-chunksize 500) to see if that helps.
| 
| What are the values of the following variables?  Use C-h v to find
| out.
| 
|     system-type
|     system-configuration
|     system-configuration-options

> -- Mujtaba Ali

Best regards, Michael.