> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert A Wooldridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> I am having problems with autocad file corruption. My users are > draftsman and access project files via samba over the network. This > problem occurs after a file has been worked on and someone > attempts open > a file that they were working on. There is no indication of a problem > while the file is open and being worked on. But when they try to > re-open it, autocad thinks the file is corrupt and it cannot be > salvaged. I had a similar problem for a while. Users were being locked out of their AutoCAD files until they rebooted, and there were occasional instances of corruption. It turned out to be a network problem. The user was on a badly overloaded hub, and dropped packets were causing problems. Duplex mismatches could also do it, but you said you already ran diagnostics, so I assume you've checked that the NICs and the switch/hub are both set to the same duplex settings. (Watch out, some older equipment doesn't auto-negotiate properly, requiring all NICs to be manually forced into the proper mode.) I haven't had a single instance of AutoCAD file corruption since all our AutoCAD users were moved to a fully switched network, for what it's worth. If you can't find a network problem, you might try disabling oplocks on the samba server to see if it helps. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
