Linux NFS development
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: Adesuyan <bobby-ufAfj23ATiXovzDjfJyo/Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NSFproblem lockd: server  not responding, still trying
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:45:50 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081210184550.GC31558@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <493F00FB.2060105-ufAfj23ATiXovzDjfJyo/Q@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:36:27AM +0100, Adesuyan wrote:
> hi guys
>
> am having some issues with nfs the home directories of all the computers  
> in my school is mounted on the fileserver via nfs mount . for quite some  
> times now users have been experiencing issues with their desktop  
> freezing.   i checked the syslogs and i found this  
> http://pastebin.com/m69dde24e
>    a little googling showed there was a kernel 2.6 bug which happens  
> when you  have had with fast server cards and slow client cards when a
>                   2.6.x kernel is used on the server.
>   the fileserver is on a gigabit card
>    while the client are all on 10/100  so i guess am affected
>   i tried apply the fix in this wiki  
> http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/NFS#NFS_Server_not_responding
>  but am not sure if i got it right .. or if it applies to the case where 
> one mounts the home directory from the fileserver but the system
>  boots up local (not through the network)

It's lockd that's not responding, not nfsd, so I don't think the problem
you're seeing is the one described there.

> someone i met at #linux-nfs suggested i use NFS over TCP on the client

Always good advice, but again probably unrelated.

> i did but it didnt fix the issue am running ubuntu hardy heron on an
> HP  server .

You're talking here about your nfs server?

--b.

> any help would be appreciated.this problem has made life very  
> frustrating for staffs of my school because we use only linux it would  
> be a great relive if you guys can help us resolve it. thanks in advance

      parent reply	other threads:[~2008-12-10 18:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-09 23:36 NSFproblem lockd: server not responding, still trying Adesuyan
     [not found] ` <493F00FB.2060105-ufAfj23ATiXovzDjfJyo/Q@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-10 18:45   ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20081210184550.GC31558@fieldses.org \
    --to=bfields@fieldses.org \
    --cc=bobby-ufAfj23ATiXovzDjfJyo/Q@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox