My previous note about this bug being corrected in intrepid and kernel 2.6.27 was a bit premature: currently with the linux- image-2.6.27-7-generic version 2.6.27-7.16 the problem still occurs quite often. It has been improved a little, namely only the first 'stat file' results in 'stat: cannot stat `file': Stale NFS file handle'. Subsequent 'stat file' will find updated file information.
For the '~/.Xauthority' case it is still sufficient to do a simple 'ls' in '~/' directory and after that the stat info of '~/.Xauthority' is not stale anymore. Currently the bug is harder to reproduce, since not every 'ssh -X' will result in stale NFS handles on '~/.Xauthority'. However, once it happens, it can prevent starting new X programs for a long time. Although now a second "manual" 'stat .Xauthority' resolves the stale handle, attempting to start new X programs multiple times does _not_ seem to do the same. So the original bug found in 2.6.24 is still there but its occurrence is not as deterministic as before and it still causes major confusion to users who run into it. -- ssh -X breaks Xauthority on NFS mounted home dir https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269954 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
