Nautilus not auto-refreshing

[Richard E Miles]

> I'm running FC2 with Gnome 2.6.
> 
> Nautilus used to automatically refresh windows when files were
> changed/created/deleted. It stopped doing this a while ago.
> 
> Anyone know where to look to troubleshoot this? IIRC, it uses fam to
> tell it when to update - which isn't running on my machine. Here's what
> happens when I try to run it:
> 
> ~> fam -d
> fam[5558]: log level is LOG_DEBUG
> fam[5558]: must be superuser
> ~> su -
> Password:
> [root at localhost root]# fam -d
> fam[5556]: log level is LOG_DEBUG
> fam[5556]: read /etc/fam.conf line 13: "insecure_compatibility" = "false"
> fam[5556]: read /etc/fam.conf line 20: "untrusted_user" = "nobody"
> fam[5556]: read /etc/fam.conf line 28: "local_only" = "false"
> fam[5556]: read /etc/fam.conf line 35: "xtab_verification" = "true"
> fam[5556]: Setting untrusted-user to "nobody" (uid: 99, gid: 99)
> Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused
> fam[5556]: can't register with portmapper.
> [root at localhost root]#
>                                                                                 Any suggestions?
> 

You need to turn on the portmapper service. Use webmin to turn on the portmap
service.
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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097