Re: [Fwd: new install nfs not working] ...and causing problems

[jjheuring@home.com]

> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:03:24 -0400
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> 	Subject: new install nfs not working
> 	Date: Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 10:20:04AM -0700
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> In reply to:jjheuring@home.com
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> Quoting jjheuring@home.com(jjheuring@home.com):
> > uname: Debian of course.
> > Linux 2.4.5 #1 Sat Jun 16 07:33:46 PDT 2001 i686 unknown
> > 
> > Hello all.  Just installed nfs using apt-get but haven't got it to work
> > yet
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> I don't.
> No expert on NLS but I have it working so I'll try to help

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Ok it took awhile for me to get and reply to this message because
fetchmail went out on me.  I think it is related to the nfs-server
packages I installed, in particular 'bwnfsd'.  First the command:

$ fetchmail -v -v -L mytestlogfile
produces nothing.  No data what so ever to look at.  So trying to remove
fetchmail via 'apt-get remove' 'depkg --purge' and trying to reinstall
produces errors that are reliant on bwnfsd.  Then trying to remove and
reinstall bwnfsd all produces the same error, which is:

--------------
Starting BWNFS daemon: rpc: RPC: Timed out
dpkg: error processing bwnfsd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bwnfsd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
----------------

why it wants to start the BWNFS daemon when I want to remove bwnfsd and
remove fetchmail I've not a clue.  Searching I was able to find an email
with the same problem at:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-0103/msg00039.html
but cannot find a follow up to it.

I'm now tying to get in the post-installation script and see if I can
figure out error 255 and or logs but I am clumsy at this. Any help on
how to diagnos this?  Much thanks in advance.