Rsync 2.5.5 hangs

[Richard Wallace]

Hey Everybody, 

I'm trying to use rsync to do a remote backup.  First I open a ssh
tunnel to the rsync daemon on the server.  Then I run rsync through this
tunnel.  An example follows: 

ssh -v -x -p 1999 -L 8730:localhost:873 user at host.mydomain.com -f sleep
5 && rsync --port 8730 --verbose --update --archive --exclude='[Cc]ache'
--delete-excluded --password-file /etc/rsync.pwd --timeout=600
--blocking-io /home /exports/data /var/lib/mysql /var/www /exports/devel
user at localhost::user 

The 'user' has an account on the machine as well as an rsync account. 
Public/private keys are used for the ssh session.  Both sides are Debian
potato running rsync 2.5.5 and ssh 1.2.3.  The server has kernel 2.4.17
and the client has 2.2.19.  Below are the last few lines of an strace as
well as netstat -ta from both sides.  If anything else can help, let me
know.

I've been wracking my brain over this and searching everywhere for any
clues to no avail.  Thanks in advance. 

strace output (not sure how much is relevant) 
------------------------------------------------- 
gettimeofday({1021143005, 991674}, NULL) = 0 
select(4, NULL, [3], NULL, {60, 0})     = 1 (out [3], left {60, 0}) 
write(3, "\360\6\0\0", 4)               = 4 
select(4, NULL, [3], NULL, {60, 0})     = 1 (out [3], left {60, 0}) 
write(3, "   \0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
1776) = 1776 
select(4, NULL, [3], NULL, {60, 0})     = 0 (Timeout) 
select(4, NULL, [3], NULL, {60, 0})     = 0 (Timeout) 
select(4, NULL, [3], NULL, {60, 0} <unfinished ...> 


netstat -ta (client)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address        
State     
tcp     3560  65824 localhost.localdom:8730 localhost.localdom:4547
ESTABLISHE
tcp    57220  36376 localhost.localdom:4547 localhost.localdom:8730
ESTABLISHE
tcp        0      0 localhost.localdom:8730 *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp    58776      0 cm-server:4546          ip68-3-204-169.ph.:1999
ESTABLISHE
tcp        0      0 cm-server:ssh           cm-gateway:861         
ESTABLISHE
tcp        0      0 *:6010                  *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 cm-server:ssh           cm-gateway:966         
ESTABLISHE
tcp        0      0 *:netbios-ssn           *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:www                   *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:ipp                   *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:mysql                 *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:swat                  *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:time                  *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:daytime               *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:discard               *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 cm-server:domain        *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 localhost.locald:domain *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:706                   *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:socks                 *:*                    
LISTEN    
tcp        0      0 *:sunrpc                *:*                    
LISTEN    

netstat -ta (server)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address        
State      
tcp        0      0 *:time                  *:*                    
LISTEN      tcp        0      0 *:rsync                
*:*                     LISTEN      tcp        0      0
*:discard               *:*                     LISTEN      tcp       
0      0 *:mysql                 *:*                     LISTEN     
tcp        0      0 *:daytime               *:*                    
LISTEN      tcp        0      0 *:1999                 
*:*                     LISTEN      tcp        0      0
*:sunrpc                *:*                     LISTEN      tcp       
0      0 *:www                   *:*                     LISTEN     
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                   *:*                    
LISTEN      tcp        0      0 *:smtp                 
*:*                     LISTEN      tcp        0      0
*:6010                  *:*                     LISTEN      tcp    
4344      0 backup:33132            backup:rsync            CLOSE_WAIT 
tcp    53248      0 localhost:33144         localhost:rsync        
ESTABLISHED tcp        0  16544 backup:1999            
ip68-3-239-165.ph:63174 ESTABLISHED tcp        0  20272
backup:1999             wsip68-14-250-49.:63338 ESTABLISHED tcp       
0      0 backup:1999             rw-linux.aim.lan:45138  ESTABLISHED
tcp        0  86016 localhost:rsync         localhost:33144        
ESTABLISHED
-- 
Richard Wallace
AIM, Inc. (www.a--i--m.com)
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