I have the same problem - I am using central HOME directories, mounted with NFS.
Sometimes, I cannot start Firefox (same message as in title).

I can (temporarily solve it, if I restart the nfs server (I use 
nfs-kernel-server), but the error reoccurs after a few days.
I also have a problem with openoffice (with Locking Enabled) despite having 
nfs-common installed on the clients (but I did not find statd lockd tools? are 
they included somewhere else?).

What I use:
- Server: Edgy, nfs-kernel-server
- Client: Edgy, nfs-common

What does not help:
- removing ~/.mozilla on client
- restarting client
- (re)mount nfshomes on client

What _does_ help:
- on client: mount nfshomes with "nolock" option
- on server: init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart

So, to me, it looks like a locking problem. For now I can work around this if I 
disable nfs locking completely (nolock), but this is no solution.
How can I get the locking tools to work with ubuntu?

Thank you,
Matthias

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