Re: NFS/Netscape Messenger 2.2.0pre{5,6} bug?

Achim Kaiser (Achim_Kaiser@t-online.de)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:35:46 +0100


Hi,

Andrew Leahy wrote:
> I installed RedHat 5.2 on an SMP machine last night and decided to give
> the 2.2.0pre* kernels a try. The major problem I've encountered so far
> involves sending a message with Netscape Messenger. When running
> Netscape as myself, if I click on "New Msg" in the Messenger window,
> Netscape will hang. (This problem does not occur with the 2.0.36 kernel
> that comes with RedHat 5.2.) If I login as root and try the same thing,
> the Compose window comes up no problem.
I got the same problem with a no SMP Kernel. But I was "root" !!!
The "root" home was on the local partition but the netscape binary was in
an NFS directory.

> Can anyone reproduce this?
Yes!

Achim

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