Title: Got stuck when I trying to load a dataset
Author: yirenpingsheng (NONE)
State: open
Created: 2023-12-16T11:51:07Z

### Describe the bug

Hello, everyone. I met a problem when I am trying to load a data file using load_dataset method on a Debian 10 system. The data file is not very large, only 1.63MB with 600 records. 
Here is my code:

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset('json', data_files='mypath/oaast_rm_zh.json')

I waited it for 20 minutes. It still no response. I cannot using Ctrl+C to cancel the command. I have to use Ctrl+Z to kill it. I also try it with a txt file, it still no response in a long time. 

I can load the same file successfully using my laptop (windows 10, python 3.8.5, datasets==2.14.5). I can also make it on another computer (Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, python 3.10.13, datasets 2.14.7). It only takes me 1-2 miniutes.

Could you give me some suggestions? Thank you.



### Steps to reproduce the bug

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset('json', data_files='mypath/oaast_rm_zh.json')

### Expected behavior

I hope it can load the file successfully.

### Environment info

OS: Debian GNU/Linux 10
Python: Python 3.10.13
Pip list:
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aliyun-python-sdk-kms     2.16.2
altair                    5.2.0
annotated-types           0.6.0
anyio                     3.7.1
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h11                       0.14.0
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huggingface-hub           0.19.4
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Comments:
I ran into the same problem when I used a server cluster (Slurm system managed) that couldn't load any of the huggingface datasets or models, but it worked on my laptop. I suspected some system configuration-related problem, but I had no idea. 
My problems are consistent with [issue #2618](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/2618). All the huggingface-related libraries I use are the latest versions.



> I ran into the same problem when I used a server cluster (Slurm system managed) that couldn't load any of the huggingface datasets or models, but it worked on my laptop. I suspected some system configuration-related problem, but I had no idea. My problems are consistent with [issue #2618](https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/2618). All the huggingface-related libraries I use are the latest versions.

have you solved this issue yet? i met the same problem on server but everything works on laptop. I think maybe the filelock repo is contradictory with file system.

I am having the same issue on a computing cluster but this works on my laptop as well.  I instead have this error:
`/home/.conda/envs/py10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/filelock/_unix.py", line 43, in _acquire
    fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error`

the load_dataset command does not work on server for local or hosted hugging-face datasets, and I have tried for several files

Same here. Is there any solution?

In my case, `.cahce` was in a shared folder. Moving it into the user's home folder fixed the problem. #2618 for more details

> In my case, `.cahce` was in a shared folder. Moving it into the user's home folder fixed the problem. #2618 for more details在我的情况下， `.cahce` 在一个共享文件夹中。将其移动到用户的主文件夹中解决了问题。 #2618 获取更多详细信息。

Can you be more specific? thank.

https://research.google.com/colaboratory/faq.html#drive-timeout

If it is in colab this could be the reason