"Joachim F. Selinger" wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Maybe a stupid question, but I'm at a loss with two programs.
>
> 1. Sylpheed Mail doesn't handle incoming mails correctly with it's cache
> files. I wonder if the file locking mechanism in JFS is causing
> trouble here.
What level of Sylpheed Mail are you using? This looks like a different
problem than number 2. Have you done anything special during the install
of this email client or just followed the standard install procedure?
> 2. VMWare 2.0 keeps asking me if the used FS, namely JFS, supports file
> locking to lock its configuration file.
It appears that vmware has hardcoded file system recognition code,
and it doesn't recognize jfs. JFS_SUPER_MAGIC which has the value of
0x3153464a is the magic number out of jfs superblock which is returned
in f_type by statfs.
Solution:
1. Add the following line to /etc/vmware/config:
host.FSSuportLocking1 = 0x3153464a
2. Start vmware
BTW, I haven't run vmware on jfs, I'm just taking a solution that
remove this problem for another Linux file system.
Please let us know if this works, so we can add it to the FAQ.
>
> Does JFS support file locking? Does it do something strange there?
>
> Any opinions on this topic are welcome!
>
> Thanks
> Jocki
Thanks,
Steve
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