ITunes FileID race

I am getting an error message in iTunes that says the following:
"The iTunes Library File cannot be saved. An unknown error occurred (-48)."
I did some searching and all I found about this error was stuff that seemed to related to virus scanner conflicts when running iTunes on Windows but since that is not my environment the information I found did not help.
After searching through the various system logs that I could find in the System Profiler application I found the following entry in system.log. It seems like each time iTunes gives me the above error I see one of these as well:
"/System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[58]: FileID race detected: 310 assigned for Temp File 3.tmp by external allocator is already used by iTunes Library"
Stopping and restarting iTunes does not seem to help, and I get the exact same error message with the same numbers everytime.
The only interesting thing about my setup is that the entire iTunes directory is located on an NFS mount from a Linux file server, if that matters. It has been running this way for quite some time without problems, although I did just recently update the file server from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to Ubuntu 9.10.
I am trying to add a file to the library but this error is preventing that. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

I just encountered this problem at my university and may have a fix.
We had home directories mounting over NFS with the "nolock" mount option. Removing the nolock option removed the FileID race errors, and may have entirely fixed the problems our users were having (though I'll have to wait until the users actually try using things again, hopefully tomorrow).
I hope that helps. If that only gets rid of the errors but still leaves you with problems, then I will be as interested as you are in figuring out a solution.

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I have a specific file structure setup that has worked for me for years, M:\Artist\Album
I recently received an iPod for my birthday, and started using iTunes. After adding my music drive (M:\) for inclusion into the library (without "keep..." and "copy..." selected, as to keep my current file structure intact), when selecting "File->Display Duplicates" just about every song in the library has a duplicate, one in the original folder "M:\Artist\Album", and another in "M:\Playlists\..\Artist\Album". I understand that basically somehow iTunes glitched and started in the "M:\Playlist" directory when adding to the library at some point, however I am at a loss as to how. In my actual folders I only have 1 copy of each song, so basically iTunes is making a symbolic link to each song and adding it into the library as a separate song.
I have over 9000 (must...resist...meme...) songs in my library, and removing and restoring takes quite a while. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to do this at least once now, but any ideas as to why or advice on how to avoid this particular problem in the future?
I am pretty set in my ways of my current file structure, since I don't use iTunes as my primary media software, so I would prefer to not have to resort to succumbing to just letting iTunes handle everything the way it wants (I pretty much hate that).
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EDIT: Is there a way to have iTunes rename/move files when adding to its library to specific folders via custom rules based on ID3 information (i.e. WMP rip settings)?
Message was edited by: kaziekama

If you have "Keep..." and "Copy..." unchecked, iTunes will simply reference the existing file, and will not change your file structure, as you correctly note.
I'm fairly sure that some other program is operating on your files. The "Playlists" folder that you mention has nothing to do with iTunes. On my PC, only Windows Media and Roxio use it.
To your question +"Is there a way to have iTunes rename/move files when adding to its library to specific folders via custom rules based on ID3 information (i.e. WMP rip settings)?"+ the answer is no. When iTunes rips a CD, it names the files as track number and title, with no option to do differently. And as far as placing the ripped files, they go in Artist/Album, with no option to do differently. As full-featured ripping programs go, iTunes is not even in the race.

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The list above is sorted ascending, or at least it was set to do that.
I have tried sorting asceding and descending to see if that would help but nothing.
Thanks

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+11/8/10 12:24:28 AM /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes[2820] Possible unresolved transaction race -103/(Master Music Library/John Lennon/Rock 'N' Roll,(null))+
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+11/8/10 12:37:36 AM /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes[2820] Possible unresolved transaction race -103/(Master Music Library/John Lennon/Signature Box Set 5 - Walls And Bridges,(null))+
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I followed the first path in the error message: /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes[2820].
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iTunes
libgnsdk_musicid.1.7.1.dylib
libgnsdk_sdkmanager.1.7.1.dylib
libgnsdk_submit.1.7.1.dylib
where iTunes is a Unix Executable File.
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