Re: [Evolution] [Fwd: Evolution and NFS]

[Stephen Witkop <switk yahoo com>]

I just had a problem with nfs and fcntl that started when I crashed evo
mail while I was changing into a folder (mbox) while an automatic mail 
download (pop3) and filter was happening. After that I was not able to
expunge, empty trash or filter mail into that folder, getting the "fcntl
lock" error. So I moved the folder, created a new empty folder of the
same name and moved the old files into the new folder and everything
seems to be fine.

I don't know if this is the best way to handle the problem I had, I
don't know too much about nfs but maybe that will help some of the other
people who have had problems.

Stephen

On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 14:10, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> It sounds like your nfs server is not running a lock daemon? See if
> there is something called nfslockd running or something similar. Also,
> it may be that your version of the server is broken wrt locking, which
> may mean that you'll have to upgrade your nfsd or else turn off all
> locking when you run configure.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 13:30, Andrew Green wrote:
> > I posted a similar problem to this back on Dec.11.  I got *no* responses:
> >
> > /Way back in 0.99, (my first attempt to use Evo), I encountered this 
> > problem.  Seems that now I've solved my Configuration Database problem, 
> > this one is still here.
> >
> > Slackware 8, Evolution 1.0
> >
> > Error while 'Fetching Mail':
> > Could not lock '/var/spool/mail/nobody'
> >
> > Since I'm trying to use Evo to manage all the mailboxes on my PC, this 
> > presents a real problem.  Via 'configure', I've tried dot-locking, fcntl 
> > and flock.  All give the same problem.  Also since I'm running as root, 
> > I'm not sure why I would have trouble locking the files...
> >
> > Anybody have any tips?/
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > Tyler Hardison wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I've moved my home filesystem to NFS and now evolution is unable 
> > > to lock the mail files [:-(]
> > >
> > > If anyone has a quick solution to this its greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Tyler.
> >
> > -- 
> > Andrew Green - SecureTrendz, Inc. 
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> > http://www.securetrendz.com
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> Jeffrey Stedfast
> Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
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