Re: [Evolution] fcntl(2) problem.

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Perhaps try using something like:

strace -efcntl,open evolution-mail

then starting evolution normally.

To see what and where the fcntl is failing, it should also show .lock
locking attempts etc.

It shouldn't be using the camel-lock-helper, from memory, for this type
of locking.  If it is you wont see this, and this may be the cause of
the problem.

We fall back to using only 'dot' locking if the fcntl lock fails with
certain errors like einval or enolock, but not with eperm.

And as below, using maildir might be a nice solution.

On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 10:16, Pascal DeMilly wrote:
> 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.

That is rather odd ...

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

Yes, using maildir folders is a good solution.

> 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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