ELINOS and "mount" command

Fix your DNS configuration?

Wolfgang Denk

I'm not using DNS. I was trying the IP address and the /etc/hosts file, but it's the same in both cases.

Another machine is connecting to the NFS server with no problems.

Mathias...

You think you are not using DNS, but some software in your system is attempting to perform a name lookup. This is where the two minute timeout is coming from.

Check all affected systems for correct host name settings and if name resolution works - either by a name server or files based, but it must work.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

You don't really provide much information here.

Just a hunch, add "-o nolock" to your mount command.

If that doesn't work, come back with a _lot_ more details: server OS and NFS software version, local kernel and mount command version, what kind of network is between them, the actual mount command, and anything else remotely relevant to your configuration. Do you know about tcpdump or other packet sniffers? Have you tried one on the server and/or client?

- Larry

You got the point, Larry. With the "nolock" option everything works fine.

Thank you!

Mathias...

Than this means that no portmapper is running on your local system.

Background information: normally, i. e. when NOT using "-o nolock", the kernel will attempt to start a 'lockd' kernel thread, which will cause RPC calls to the localhost's portmapper. If the loopback interface is up, these calls go through and fail only after a _very_ long timeout.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk