[linux-cifs-client] CIFS home mount won't allow KDE to run

[Paul Waldo]

Wilhelm Meier wrote:
> Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2007 15:06 schrieb Paul Waldo:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a Linux client that has my home dir mounted from a fileserver.  I
>> mount with this line in /etc/fstab:
>> //alexandria/paul       /home/pwaldo    cifs
>> credentials=/etc/thecus_credentials.txt    0       0
>>
>> When I try to start KDE, it hangs very quickly into the process, with no
>> information in .xsession-errors.  I moved ~/.kde out of the way to start
>> fresh, and I get this:
>> WARNING: Problem deleting stale lockfile
>> /home/pwaldo/.kde/share/config/kpersonalizerrc.lock
>>     
>
> this is a known problem. Be sure to use the serverino option for mount.cifs / 
> mounting.
>   

Thanks for the reply, Wilhelm.  That seemed to do the trick--I can now 
start KDE.  I have two more questions:
1. You say this is a known problem.  Is it documented anywhere?  I 
googled (what I thought was) appropriately, but didn't find anything.  
If there is a list of known issues, I'd like to become aware of them.

2. Are there any ramifications or gotcha's I need to know about using 
the serverino option?

Thanks again!

Paul