@@ -104,12 +104,17 @@
   ;; I'm turning this off, it may make sense to move it
   ;; into http-transport-handler
   (if (and (> attemptnum 5) (= 0 (modulo attemptnum 15)))  
       (begin
 	(debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: can't connect to server, trying to start a server.")
-	(server:run *toppath*)
-	(thread-sleep! 3)))
+	(case (rmt:transport-mode)
+	  ((http)
+	   (server:run *toppath*)
+	   (thread-sleep! 3))
+	  (else
+	   (thread-sleep! 1) ;; for tcp the server is started by routines in tcp-transportmod. For nfs there is no server
+	   ))))
   
   ;; 1. check if server is started IFF cmd is a write OR if we are not on the homehost, store in runremote
   ;; 2. check the age of the connections. refresh the connection if it is older than timeout-20 seconds.
   ;; 3. do the query, if on homehost use local access
   ;;