[Grml] nfs - impossible to mount a remote nfs-share

[Frank Eisenblaetter]

* Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> [070711 21:42]:
> * Frank Eisenblaetter <feisenbl at gmx.de> [20070711 21:15]:
> 
> > I have a Ubuntu-Server with a configured NFS-Share. It's possible to
> > mount this share on an other host which run's kubuntu. If I try to 
> > mount the share with my grml hd installation with
> 
> > # mount -t nfs server:/share /mnt/server
> 
> > I get the following error:
> 
> > mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking
> >    Either use "-o nolocks" to keep locks local, or start statd.
> 
> > If I try to start rpc.statd with
> 
> > # /etc/init.d/nfs-common
> 
> > it takes about 1 minute to finish "Starting NFS common utilities:
> > statd.", but id doesn't change anything.
> 
> > # ps ax | grep statd
> > gives no output
> 
> > # rpcinfo -p localhost
> > rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error -
> > Connection timed out
> 
> > # ps ax | grep portmap
> > 4410 ?        Ss     0:00 /sbin/portmap -i 127.0.0.1
> 
> 
> > Installed versions:
> > - portmap 6.0-2
> > - nfs-common 1:1.1.0-6
> 
> > Any Ideas why I cannot start nfs-common?
> 
> Please try running:
> 
> wget http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/06/03/debian/pool/main/p/portmap/portmap_6.0-0_i386.deb
> dpkg -i portmap_6.0-0_i386.deb
> Restart portmap
> Restart nfs-common
> 
> The current portmap package (6.0-2) in Debian/unstable seems to have
> a serious problem (I can reproduce it here as well), I'm trying to
> debug and report it to Debian's BTS. Please use portmap_6.0-0 in the
> meanwhile - I put it into grml-stable repository as well so grml
> users upgrading their systems won't run into this problem until it's
> resolved.
> 

Thanks for fast reply. I downgraded portmap to 6.0-0 as you descibed
but that didn't change anything. I still get the same error message as
described above.
It takes about 3 min to finish a 

Restart portmap