Product

Platform

• E30 - Victory
• 43P-140 - Tiger1
• 43P-150 - Tiger2
• F50 - Wildcat (2 and 4 CPUs)

Operating system

Error

“clnttcp_create: RPC: 1832-018 Port mapper failure - RPC: 1832-008 Timed out rpc.statd: 1831-115 cannot talk to statd at hostname.”

Where hostname is one of the hosts in the /etc/hosts table with a defined NFS mount

Symptoms

This message will appear if, during the boot sequence, you attempt a NFS mount of the hostname machine.

The error will keep appearing every few seconds even after you fix the NFS mount or delete it completely.

Solution

Delete the problem hostname from the table.

1. At the # prompt, type cd /etc/sm.bak and press Enter.
2. At the # prompt, type ls and press Enter. The output should be a line with the real hostname).
3. At the # prompt, type del hostname and press Enter.
4. Press y and Enter when prompted.
5. Exit and reboot the machine.

Technical contact(s)

Dov Vainer

Submitted by

Eran Tadmor

Date submitted

13 Feb 2000