I just had a problem with nfs and fcntl that started when I crashed evo mail while I was changing into a folder (mbox) while an automatic mail download (pop3) and filter was happening. After that I was not able to expunge, empty trash or filter mail into that folder, getting the "fcntl lock" error. So I moved the folder, created a new empty folder of the same name and moved the old files into the new folder and everything seems to be fine.
I don't know if this is the best way to handle the problem I had, I don't know too much about nfs but maybe that will help some of the other people who have had problems. Stephen On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 14:10, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > It sounds like your nfs server is not running a lock daemon? See if > there is something called nfslockd running or something similar. Also, > it may be that your version of the server is broken wrt locking, which > may mean that you'll have to upgrade your nfsd or else turn off all > locking when you run configure. > > Jeff > > On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 13:30, Andrew Green wrote: > > I posted a similar problem to this back on Dec.11. I got *no* responses: > > > > /Way back in 0.99, (my first attempt to use Evo), I encountered this > > problem. Seems that now I've solved my Configuration Database problem, > > this one is still here. > > > > Slackware 8, Evolution 1.0 > > > > Error while 'Fetching Mail': > > Could not lock '/var/spool/mail/nobody' > > > > Since I'm trying to use Evo to manage all the mailboxes on my PC, this > > presents a real problem. Via 'configure', I've tried dot-locking, fcntl > > and flock. All give the same problem. Also since I'm running as root, > > I'm not sure why I would have trouble locking the files... > > > > Anybody have any tips?/ > > > > Andrew > > > > Tyler Hardison wrote: > > > > > Hi, I've moved my home filesystem to NFS and now evolution is unable > > > to lock the mail files [:-(] > > > > > > If anyone has a quick solution to this its greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Tyler. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Green - SecureTrendz, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.securetrendz.com > > 719.277.6601 office - 303.880.7710 mobile > > > > > -- > Jeffrey Stedfast > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
