vi hangs on NFS mounted files

[Ravi_8]

Hi, all
I have a strange problem on 11.0
vi works fine on any of files except the NFS mounted files. I can open NFS files using cat/more. but when i used vi the screen hangs, not able to open any NFS mounted files.
can anybody help me...

[David Lodge]

this could be a number of problems...

THe major difference 'twixt vi and cat/more etc is that vi copies the file to a temporary area (iirc /var/tmp) first, and works on that file.

Can you manually copy the file?

Is /var/tmp or /var full?

Any network problems?

HTH

dave

[Eugen Cocalea]

Hi,

Most probably, your temporary directory (/tmp or /var/tmp) is full.

Can you edit the file(s) with other editor?

E.

[Roger Baptiste]

Ravi,

Are you able to vi local files?? Check
/var/tmp .

What is the size of the file you are trying
to vi? Is there a problem in vi'ing even
a small file on the NFS fs?

Have a look at your syslog.file to see
whether there any NFS error messages being
logged.

R-

[Ravi_8]

Hi,
/tmp. /var have sufficient space, ntework is fine, system can mount NFS filesystems without any problem. and i can vi any local files except these NFS files. size of files are very small(a small c programs)

[Roger Baptiste]

Ravi,

Can you copy one of these
problem files to your local FS and then vi them?? Just
want to make sure, whether
the files themselves can
be accessed in total.
Also, check in glance on
what WAIT state is the vi
process hanging? That will
defintely give a clue .

HTH
raj

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi ravi,

Do you have sufficient rights to edit an file with vi over NFS. UID's on files might differ.

just a wild guess.

[Russell Campbell]

Are you using disk quota's? if so try turning quota's off and give it a try.

take a look a /var/preserve. Try cleaning it out.