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Bug 205192 - fnctl error over NFS craches evolution.
fnctl error over NFS craches evolution.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 205095
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
pre-1.5 (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal blocker
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-07-23 09:45 UTC by Mattias Eriksson
Modified: 2001-07-31 13:50 UTC
See Also:
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Description Mattias Eriksson 2001-07-23 09:45:27 UTC 
I have a redhat 7.0 running kernel 2.2.19 with the $HOME mounted over NFS. 
The NFS server is a SUN Sparc Solaris 7.

When I run evolution I get a fnctl error:
Failed to get lock using fnctl(2): Invalid argument.

I had this problem on anohter system too, then running debian woody kernel 
2.4.1 (I think). The NFS server then was a BSD I think (or maybe 
solaris...). 

It happens when I tries to view any mail including the welcome mail, so it 
shouldnt be that hard to reproduce. 

A workaround for this is to recompile it with dot locking and no file 
locking. (This is not as easy as it sounds...) another way around it is to 
just move the evoluiton dir out of the NFS partition and make a symlink.
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2001-07-23 14:19:41 UTC 
Moving this to blocker, since we shouldn't crash. Mattias: if you
could get us a stack trace of the crash, we'd appreciate it. Thanks.
Comment 2 Not Zed 2001-07-31 13:50:45 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 205095 ***