mount: RPC: timed out

leupi · 10-21-2006, 07:56 PM

I have a server with FC5 on it and a workstation that dual boots WinXP and Kubuntu 6.06. The server has a static IP and static DNS servers (got them from Verizon) and all was fine. I lost my internet connection and both Linux and XP lost the ability to access the server. I changed the DNS servers from the ones that I got from Verizon to the IP of the router and now XP can access the server but I can not get Linux to mount the shares; when I try I get:

Code:

mount: RPC: timed out

Any idea why losing the internet connection would affect Linux like this?

pats · 10-23-2006, 05:13 PM

Code:

mount: RPC: timed out

i assume this is using nfs then?

how are you mounting it? are you using fstab or just the mount command. either way give some details of the set up at both ends.

have you tried mounting by IP address rather than DNS name.

leupi · 10-24-2006, 10:35 AM

I am using nfs. I have an entry in fstab that worked fine until I lost the internet connection so I tried it as:

Code:

mount -a

And that is when I got the error. I do not think that I have tried using the IP address; I am not at home so I will not be able to try that for a few hours but I will give it a shot.

Thanks.