On Dec 19, 2007 5:57 AM, G T Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greg Freemyer wrote: > > On Dec 17, 2007 8:31 PM, Rajko M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Monday 17 December 2007 06:44:40 pm Greg Freemyer wrote: > >>> Another "Save As" anomaly is happening to me right now. > >>> > >>> I've created a bugzilla. Bug 349422 > >>> > >>> If others are having similar "Save As" issues, I'd appreciate some > >>> votes on the bug. > >>> > >>> Greg > >> My message seems to be lost. > >> Have you tried advice in this mail: > >> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2007-12/msg01114.html > >> > >> That is another thread that you started on the same topic. > >> I'll post this to bugzilla too. > > > > No I have not tried disabling locking. > > > > Since I'm only having problems (so far) when the doc is on a Samba > > share, I'd rather stay away from that approach. > > > > Greg > > A problem I thought I had fixed by changing the oplock veto for a > particular samba share has resurfaced. I am now getting a repeat of the > issue where saving in Microsoft document formats to a cifs share fails > with the 'could not save backup copy' error message. (OO format save > without major problems). > > To be honest I am not certain that the issue with OOCalc is related or > not, as to date I have had no problems with spreadsheet files, but I > have had some very bizarre issues with ODB files. > > The 'backup copy' issue is an old problem (first reported elsewhere in > about 2005 for all documents), but the reason it now effects documents > of one format and not others is not clear to me. It does seem to be > associated with samba/cifs file locking on *NIX servers (AFAIK this is > not a problem with shares hosted on Windoze machines, I have yet to > perform a test on samba share from a Windoze session ). > > This could be a timing issue, OO formats do lock for a while when > overwriting, but do not report errors. > > In earlier versions of OO I did experience lock ups and crashes related > to this issue. But it was to some extent fixable by configuring the > locking options on the samba share concerned (IIRC the crashing stopped). > > I did experiment with the OO share locking disabling suggestion > suggested elsewhere briefly. It did not fix the problem, and with the > particular way I tested it was implicated in a server thrash which took > out my server. (For obvious reasons I am not trying that one again :-) > ).... > > I can live with this (I only save to MS formats if I need to share with > third parties). However, there is some evidence that either openOffice > is expecting samba/cifs to behave in a manner it does not, or is doing > something that samba/cifs does not support. > > At the moment I cannot provide hard details on what is happening, (e.g. > logs of what open office is doing, what samba is doing etc). At some > point I will spend some time setting up an appropriate set of tests, and > then raise a more detailed report.
G, Just want to highlight, my issue is with the display of the Save As dialog box. Not the actual saving of files. I have not had an issue where I got the display to show up correctly, that I could not do the actual file write. Not sure how often I've succeeded either. This is my office desktop, so I'm using primarily MS doc formats. Maybe I should revert to SLED? I assume it gets tested in office scenarios more than 10.3 Does it allow VMware Server to be setup? Don't see why not, but I do need XP still. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
