-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Agh.... Don't mean to spam the mailing list, but found these that might be causes of the problem:
KB 230556 / 130494 < Perhaps Samba isn't changing the lock type fast enough? But with oplocks disabled, that shouldn't matter, I would think..... klubarpop wrote: > We were having the same problem with Excel ... Different version of Samba. > Applying a fix detailed in MS KB # 324491 solved the problem for us. (We > use Office 11 although the fix talks about Office 10 -- Office 11 = Office > 2003 Office 10 = Office XP for those who don't keep up with such things.) > > Do a search for QFE_Saskatchewan for the registry key. Anyone have any idea > why the key is named Saskatchewan? > > Hope this helps > Ken Lubar > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chad Vincent > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Excel File Open Issue - Possibly Samba Related > > Okay.... Problem did not go away. I un-shared (multi-user) the file to > clear out the changelog, and the problem did go away. At this point I'm > going to assume a malformed entry in the changelog or a changelog that was > just too darn big. (Before, size was 25MB, after removing sharing it was > 2.5MB and opened in 1/8th the time.) > > HOWEVER, upon upgrading to 3.0.11 as suggested, now ALL shared > (multi-user) Excel files are, at apparent random, displaying a message "This > file has been locked. To save changes you must save under a different file > name and merge....(blah, blah)" We never had this problem under 3.0.7. I > have "log level=1" and nothing is showing up in the logs. > > (Just for example, user A opens purchasing.xls fine, but B gets the error. > B can open schedule.xls fine, but A gets the error. C can open both. Have > not seen this behavior on non-shared files.) > > These files HAVE to be shared, and I have even tried with veto > oplocks=/*.xls/ with no apparent change. > > Jeremy Allison wrote: > >>>On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 02:45:43PM -0500, Chad Vincent wrote: >>> >>> >>>>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>>Having a workstation with an odd glitch, and I'm hoping someone can >>>>help. We have a 35MB shared Excel file with our purchasing history in >>>>it. (I know, I've been trying to talk them into a database of some >>>>sort, but they'll have none of that...) >>>> >>>>One workstation in the entire plant is having issues opening it. The >>>>file will load, it will change status to [Shared] in the titlebar, >>>>then stop. >>>> >>>>Bad Workstation: >>>>Windows 2000 >>>>Athlon 1600+ >>>>256MB DDR 333 >>>>Soyo Dragon KT333 Ultra Black >>>>Realtek 8139 on-board (Also tried PCI 8139) >>>> >>>>Server: >>>>Debian Stable >>>>2x Opteron 240 >>>>Broadcom "tg3" 1000Mb NIC >>>>Samba 3.0.7-1 as a PDC >>> >>> >>>You need to upgrade. There have been several fixes in this area to do >>>with the rather strange way Excel uses SMB. None of them should cause >>>the client to disconnect, although a deferred open problem could >>>conceivably do this. It's just that many people are reporting much >>>better results with Excel and 3.0.11. >>> >>>Jeremy. >>> >>> > > > -- > Chad Vincent > RhiannonWeb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba - -- Chad Vincent RhiannonWeb [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCLxMKkDjwkvrkkmURAnCwAJwJBkbPQ5+oEe2CqzMrQqceCOMUHACfSS3j GF+ib9IK5wXLqn4fW5Yn4n4= =8p16 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
