NFS problems!

[Matthew King]

Anders Troback <freebsd at troback.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having some problems with NFS lately!
>
> NFS server FreeBSD 6.1-RELESE
> NFS client FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELASE (STABLE)
>
> I'm using NFS to serve /home via amd but sometimes programs hangs and
> not even kill -9 will work. I have to restart rpc.lockd, rpc.statd and
> nfsd to get rid of the programs! If one program hangs many will follow
> and some will not start. Programs like Citrix Client Manager
> (wfcmgr), konqueror, konsole and gftp are all examples on programs that
> don't start. Sins 6.2-PRERELEASE sometimes wfcmgr don't start even if
> there are no programs hanging!

You're lucky. I can't even get X to load and the whole vfs won't shut
down cleanly once I've tried.

I have yet to try other FreeBSD releases though.

Matthew

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