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

Thomas Sailer (sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:05:04 +0100

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Achim Kaiser wrote:
> 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.

Does the NFS server where the netscape binary resides support locking?
If not, have you used the nolock mount option to mount the NFS
partition?

Tom

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