Problems with afs access
Hi,
I have the problem, that IntelliJ crashes when I try to access files from the afs. No exeption is throws, the screen just freezes and it stays like that.
It may also be a problem with links pointing to the afs, since I try to access my home, which is located in the afs, but linked to /home/username.
Neither reading nor writing files works. Sometimes also browsing directories causes that problem.
I'm using build IntelliJ 688 and I've a redhat 7.1 machine with the jdk1.4.1_01 from sun.
Is there anything known about that problem ?
Thanks for any help.
Regards
Nora Speer
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Oh, I forgot to say. When I'm working locally (meaning accessing local files), everything is fine.
Nora
I used to have an account on an AFS machine, and I had a similar problem. I think what you are seeing is IDEA building a directory tree that includes /afs. If there are any nodes mounted in your site's AFS-space that aren't responding quickly (or at all), then you'll see IDEA hang.
There's not much you can do. I had a patch installed for stat that would help, but I no longer have the code, or access to it. You might need to ask your admins if there are any workarounds they can provide
Thanks for your answer.
Yes, the problem seems to be like you discribed it. I noticed that also other java programms have similiar problems, it seems that it is a problem of java and afs in general.
My solution:
I deleted some entrys from my CellServDB file (those that seem to cause the problem) and now it works better. Sometimes IDEA still hangs, but usually it works fine.
Regards, Nora
Is there by any chance some new sorta magic to get around this problem? I'm having it too, now.
My solution was to create a local user and just run IDEA as that user. Works fine.