Hi Steve!

On 24 Jan, Steve Best wrote:
> "Joachim F. Selinger" wrote:
>> 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?

That's what I wonder. I used a couple versions before already and none
have shown this. I even did a recompile and install after the problem
appeared. I do use the store_passphrase patch though. Can't see how that
might affect file accesses... ?

I have done experiments with filters and without and more. E.g. if i let
all mail filter into another folder then this folder shows the odd
behaviour. It seems that all folders where Sylpheed automatically adds
messages don't get updated right.

>> 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.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I just did that as the error message
recommends doing it. Yes, and it works just fine! :-)


Thanks for taking the time to help me.
Jocki
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