Bug#516999: nautilus: Desktop Launcher Properties dialog on NFS closes when you select the Launcher tab

[John Pearson]

Hi,

While investigating other issues I've uncovered a little more
information which relates to this bug, and which may offer a a
workaround for some users.

I've been testing using a "sandbox" LAN connected to an OpenVZ instance;
because OpenVZ doesn't support kernel-mode NFS I've been using Debian
Lenny's unfs3 package.  In this environment, the desktop launcher
properties window works fine.

The main documented difference between using unfs3 and the kernel-mode
server is that unfs3 doesn't support locking, so it looks like this may
well be a locking issue: if you wanted to confirm, try mounting /home
using the kernel mode server, but with the "nolock" option to disable
locking.

This isn't an option for us in production environments because we need
locking, but it may help some people and may help isolate the underlying
issue.

Regards,



John Pearson
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