[Bug 289816] Re: Firefox 3.0.3 not working when profile is over a NFSv4 share.

[Frédéric Nass]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
  
  Hi,
  
  Description :
  
- When firefox3 is launched, wheter a profil already exist or not OVER A
+ When firefox3 is launched, whether a profile already exist or not OVER A
  NFSv4 /home SHARE, the firefox window opens very small. The only working
- button in the toolbar is the home button, loading home page succesfully
- when pushed. Then while browsing from this webpage, back and forward
+ button in the toolbar is the home button, loading home page successfully
+ when pushed. Then while browsing from this web page, back and forward
  buttons stay greyed. URL bar is not usable, as Enter (Return) key is not
- operable, neither the green arrow is clickable. It has just no effect.
- Same troubles when firefox launched in "safe-mode".
+ functional, neither the green arrow is clickable. It has just no effect.
+ Same behavior when firefox is launched in "safe-mode".
  
  So firefox-3.0 over NFSv4 is almost unusable.
  
  When using a NFSv3 share for the profile, or when using firefox with a
  local account and local storage, no problem at all. Everything is
- working a usual.
+ working as expected.
  
  But when over new NFSv4 shares, Firefoxv3 is not working.
  
  Package & Linux Distro description :
  
- * Kubuntu Hardy up-to-thisdate (2008/10/27) on client side.
- * Firefox-3.0 v3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
+ * Kubuntu Hardy up-to-thisdate (2008/10/27) on client side, with Firefox-3.0 v3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
+ * Debian Etch up-to-date on server side.
  
- Server is an up-to-dated Debian Etch.
- 
- The problem appeared after upgrading main NFS server from Debian Woody
- 3.1 to Debian Etch 4.0. I could isolate this problem as everything works
- well with the same Ubuntu client and NFSv3 shares and not with NFSv4
- Debian Etch shares.
+ The problem appeared after upgrading user's NFS+LDAP server from Debian
+ Woody 3.1 to Debian Etch 4.0. I could isolate this problem as everything
+ works well with the same Ubuntu client and NFSv3 shares and not with
+ NFSv4 Debian Etch shares.
  
  On the server and client sides, rpcinfo -p shows :
  
  Server :
  
     program no_version protocole  no_port
      100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
      100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
      100021    1   udp  32776  nlockmgr
      100021    3   udp  32776  nlockmgr
      100021    4   udp  32776  nlockmgr
      100021    1   tcp  50187  nlockmgr
      100021    3   tcp  50187  nlockmgr
      100021    4   tcp  50187  nlockmgr
      391002    2   tcp    857  sgi_fam
      100011    1   udp    879  rquotad
      100011    2   udp    879  rquotad
      100011    1   tcp    882  rquotad
      100011    2   tcp    882  rquotad
      100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
      100003    3   udp   2049  nfs
      100003    4   udp   2049  nfs
      100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
      100003    3   tcp   2049  nfs
      100003    4   tcp   2049  nfs
      100005    1   udp    658  mountd
      100005    1   tcp    661  mountd
      100005    2   udp    658  mountd
      100005    2   tcp    661  mountd
      100005    3   udp    658  mountd
      100005    3   tcp    661  mountd
  
  Client :
  
     program no_version protocole  no_port
      100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
      100024    1   udp  49896  status
      100024    1   tcp  37670  status
      100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
      100021    1   tcp  33826  nlockmgr
      100021    3   tcp  33826  nlockmgr
      100021    4   tcp  33826  nlockmgr
  
  On server, I get a lot of errors that says (dmesg) :
  
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  ....
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  lockd: cannot monitor 10.10.2.1
  
  Seems like a NFS issue that has direct influence over the latest Firefox
  v3. (No problem with Firefox v2.)
  
  Hope you can help with this soon,
  
  I'm sorry this might be a NFS configuration problem on client side, but
  from now it has a direct and extremly painfull influence over Firefox v3
- as it remains unsuable...
+ as it remains unusable...
  
  Frédéric Nass,
  Chef Exploitation, Service s2i,
  Iut de Metz, Université de Metz.
  
  PS : more log to come...

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Firefox 3.0.3 not working when profile is over a NFSv4 share.
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