Re: [Evolution] fcntl(2) problem.

[Pascal DeMilly <list evolution newgenesys com>]

I manage a medium size (~ 100 workstations) network composed of Linux
workstations using Evolution as the MUA and I used to get the same
message. Note that in our case the evolution directory is on an NFS
mounted volume. I noticed that when I get that message changing the
inode of the mbox file fixes the problem.

I do the following step:

close evolution. followed by killev on the workstation.
on the server in the evolution/local/Inbox directory of the user.
cp -a mbox mbox-
rm -f mbox
mv mbox- mbox

I assume the problem is with NFS rather than with Evolution. If your own
evolution directory is from an NFS mounted volume, give it a try.

PS: I now have all my workstation setup to use Maildir folders as they
are more reliable over NFS

Hope that helps

Pascal

On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 16:46, Joachim Holst wrote:
> Hi !
>
> I desperately want to use Ximian Evolution. Some things work quite fine,
> but I always get 'Failed to get lock using fnctl(2): Permission denied
> all the time when trying to retrieve mail. No matter if I use Imap or
> standard POP3.
>
> My system is Mandrake 8.2, my home directory is on a NFS mount. I've
> just upgraded Evolution to version 1.0.7.
>
> Permissions on my directory are:
> drwx------    4 jocke    users        4096 May  5 14:52 mail/
>
> drwx------    3 jocke    users        4096 May  5 14:25 imap/
>
> drwx------    2 jocke    users        4096 May  5 14:52 pop3/
>
> That should be enough for Evolution to be able to access my directories.
>
> I just don't get it.
>
> Regards,
> Joacim Holst
>
>
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