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Hi,<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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John Pearson<BR>
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