--- Matt Williams
Hi all
Mr. Williams :)
I keep having a problem with KMail on SuSE 8.0.
KDE -- uggh. I hate it, but nevermind.....
The app keeps intermittently stopping receiving emails. I can work in it read mails, send basically work as normal but it won't receive emails.
By "reading", I assume e-mails that are already in your mbox. Hmm, sending them has nothing to do with your ability to access your mbox (usually /var/spool/mail/$USER).
If I close the program down and go to Sysmte Guard it says the process is still running. If I kill it and restart KMail it all works normally.
Exactly *which* process are you checking for (I assume it is "kmail") and in what state is it reported in (Z, S, etc). This is fundamentally important in diagnosing your problem since it might help us determine how kmail is dying. You should include a listing of "pstree" and "ps wax" in your next e-mail, please.
This normally happens maybe once a day but it's done it 4 times already this morning.
It could be that kmail is locking your mbox. When you try and "kill" kmail, also check that "/var/run/pid/kmail.pid" is no longer there, and if it is "rm" it. I'm suspecting that your mbox is being locked by kmail. I would suggest that you run a test, whereby you run kmail. Open a terminal and issue: tail -f /path/to/mail/box/mail_box_file and then send an e-mail to the mailbox and see what the results are. If you provide more information, I can help you further. HTH, -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/