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> The default TCP connection timeout is around 3 1/2 minutes. This is left
> over from the leased line and slow connection days when the protocol was
> defined and has never been updated to match the reality of high speed
> networks. This may be the timer it is waiting for. Some of the
> MS-Windows network drivers in particular are notorious for locking up
> the workstation while waiting for events that never happen. Losing a
> remote shared drive you have mapped into often causes very similar
> symptoms. But I am not one to speculate about the internals when I have
> never looked at the code. I find it much better to report the symptoms
> with as much supporting data as I can so the people that understand how
> it works can do the diagnosis.
I didn't mean to imply I had a definitive answer. That's just how it
looks like to me. BTW I am on linux.