On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:24:13PM -0500, Aristide Aragon wrote: > Hello > I compiled mutt on my SuSE 6.3 system (that has had a lot of libraries and programs >updated, so it isn't really a SuSE box anymore) but whenever I open mutt I get >"Waiting for fcntl lock..." for like 6 seconds, and then it opens the mailbox. This >hapens everytime I open a mailbox. > If it's relevant, my mailbox is in an NFS filesystem (served from a SuSE 5.2 box). > I had the exact same problem with my NFS mounted mailbox with the default Mutt RPM that comes with Mandrake 8.0. I removed the rpm and recompiled mutt and changed these two options: --enable-flock --disable-fcntl It seems fcntl doesn't work to great with NFS. Also make sure you have this line: set dotlock_program = "/usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock" Or wherever you have mutt_dotlock installed. Works fine for me now.
