I just came across some very interesting information. We samba running on an old HP PIII 900. I just plugged it back in and we opened some backup files we had on it. It works just fine with AutoCad.
Linux gatekeeper 2.4.26 #5 Mon Apr 19 07:15:24 MDT 2004 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Samba Version 2.2.8a Our new machine is a Dual Opteron machine. Linux fileserv 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 #3 Sat May 29 13:32:03 MDT 2004 x86_64 5 GNU/Linux Samba Version Version 3.0.2a The difference is that I need the hard drive space on our new server versus the 40 gigs we have on the older machine. The smb.conf file on the old machine is very very basic: [global] workgroup = TRISTATE security = SHARE [backup] path = /usr/backup writeable = Yes guest ok = Yes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Merrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba just Slow with AutoCad? > Terry, Thanks a lot for your reply. We're really trying to solve this > problem. > > > > Brian, > > > > > > 1. Which release of AutoCAD are you using? > > Autodesk Land Desktop 2004 > 2004.0.0 > Service Pack 1 > > > > > 2. Are the support files for AutoCAD on the client or the server? > > > > On the clients. > > > 3. Are you using cups? > > > > No. > > > 4. Is it true that your plotter settings are not being saved with the > > drawing? Was this true when you were using a windows server? > > > > They are being saved with the drawings. They were also being saved with > the drawings on the windows server. (the windows server was actually just > another client that shared it's HD). > > > 5. Normally when AutoCAD is opening the print dialog box in an existing > > drawing, it is trying to find the printer that was used by the last > session > > of Autocad. If it can't find that printer, it produces the printer "none". > > Are you loading your printers from the server such that each client has > the > > identical printer name? > > > > First of all, you're right. The print dialog only produces the printer > "none" when it's a new drawing. > Otherwise, it saves the print settings. But we still experience a delay > independant of whether we > are printing from a new drawing or an existing one. The printers aren't on > the server, and we do > not have identical printer name. > > > 6. Are the network directories being used by AutoCAD the same as being > > used by the other programs that don't exhibit the long save times? > > > > No. AutoCad drawings are stored on a seperate harddrive and a different > directory. However, > after reading this e-mail I moved a TIF image to the autocad directory and > opened them from > Adobe Photoshop. I then modified and saved the drawing and there was no > delay. There was also no > delay for opening a print dialog. The problem continues to be only with > AutoCad. > > > > We use AutoCAD 2000, 2002, & 2004 with RH E3.0 and Samba 3.0.2-6.3E with > no > > delays in saving or printing and have achieved better performance than the > > previous W2k server. With a little more information we might be able to > > assist in finding the bottleneck. > > > > Terry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > > Of Bob Turner > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:45 AM > > To: 'Brian Merrell'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Samba] Samba just Slow with AutoCad? > > > > Brian > > > > I might suggest a couple of setting changes on your XP machines: > > > > 1) Open services and stop/disable Web Client > > 2) Open windows explorer, go to tools>folder options, click the View tab, > > and uncheck the "Automatically search for network folders and printers" > > > > (I'm assuming Windows XP Professional on these settings) > > > > Restart and try your printers again. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Merrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:50 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba just Slow with AutoCad? > > > > Thanks for your response Jerry. > > > > Yes. These are all windows XP machines. We have about four printers here > > in the office (all HP hehe). Only two computers have McAfee Firewalls > > installed, the rest do not have firewalls. We are on a 100 mbps ethernet > > with a 16 port hub. Nothing too fancy. > > > > AutoCad is a strange beast. No matter what printer you have set up as > your > > default printer, when you click the print icon or give the print command, > > AutoCad comes up with no printer selected in the print dialog, and the > user > > selects the plotter each time (although you can save your print selections > > for each drawing). I have even tried setting the default printer to the > > "PDF distiller" and it still takes the same ammount of time for the print > > dialog to come up. > > > > However, I was just tinkering with the print settings and noticed that the > > print dialog comes up normally some times. i.e. If you click cancel on > the > > print dialog and then hit the print icon again quickly, it seems to come > up > > normally. > > > > The other mysterious problem is the time it takes to save. I just saw a > guy > > behind me try to save a drawing and it took about 20 seconds. Something > > that never happened before when the files were hosted on an older windows > XP > > machine with a heavier load. > > > > I'm all out of ideas and really don't want to go back to windows. > > > > brian. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Brian Merrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:27 AM > > Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba just Slow with AutoCad? > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Brian Merrell wrote: > > > | No good. It's still amazingly slow. It seems to perform > > > | just fine until the user tries to print. There is a huge > > > | delay before the print dialog comes up, and when the user > > > | tries to save there is another huge delay. The > > > | problem seems to be only with AutoCad. > > > > > > Sorry I'm late on this thread. > > > > > > Are these XP clients? Do the clients have a > > > active firewall installed. If the delay is only > > > when printing, it is probabl either > > > > > > (a) a very chatty printer driver, or > > > (b) timeouts when the client tries to > > > ~ open a print change notify handle. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cheers, jerry > > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com > > > SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org > > > GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc > > > "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home." ----------- Sting > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > iD8DBQFAxcznIR7qMdg1EfYRAicSAKDPzwf0vrIpsTgrln1hFnUlZ/VVOgCfXjs8 > > > XYq6cwr7pC7oqkM0DHab0eU= > > > =I89Z > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba