Herbert Wengatz wrote:
>
> Will the current (?) version 3.1.7 work under RH 6.2? Or do I have to
> include as well some kernel patches, etc. ? (My current kernels are 2.2.14
> and 2.2.16)
> (Again: don't beat me for that!) ;-)
>
It's a kernel version issue. I don't know if 2.2.x has been fixed.
> Can you tell me in which version that bug was fixed? (Can't find it in
> the NEWS file of the sources)
>
> > Mount waiting a long time is usually an indication that it can't talk to
> > the server, i.e. it mount and it fails. It should leave an error message
> > in the logs.
>
> That's exactly what I expected.
>
> On another look (right now) I can see that there have been RPC timeouts, but
> for
> no apparent reason.
>
> Here is a snippet of the messages of one of the clients (sorry for the
> automatic
> linebreaks):
>
> Apr 17 09:53:48 tahiti automount[14343]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure
> curacao:/export/home/rossc on /homes/rossc
> Apr 17 09:53:48 tahiti automount[447]: attempting to mount entry /homes/rossc
> Apr 17 09:54:10 tahiti automount[14345]: >> mount: RPC: Timed out
> Apr 17 09:54:10 tahiti automount[14345]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure
> curacao:/export/home/rossc on /homes/rossc
> Apr 17 09:54:10 tahiti automount[447]: attempting to mount entry /homes/rossc
> Apr 17 09:54:31 tahiti automount[14347]: >> mount: RPC: Timed out
> Apr 17 09:54:31 tahiti automount[14347]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure
> curacao:/export/home/rossc on /homes/rossc
> Apr 17 09:54:31 tahiti automount[447]: attempting to mount entry /homes/rossc
> Apr 17 09:54:52 tahiti automount[14349]: >> mount: RPC: Timed out
>
> The same appears on other clients that were hit by the problem, too.
>
Looks like you had problems with your server, as far as I can tell.
-hpa
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