On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:01:55PM -0500, Pierre Belanger wrote: > Hi, > > I turned on "use sendfile", not too long after (on the next > "logon") someone called me. His Windows 95 was having trouble > opening files on the server. He can "explore" the shared volume > but when trying to open a file, his computer hangs and needs > to reboot. I've been using "sendfile" myself with Samba under > Solaris 8 with NT & 2000 & XP since a long time with no trouble > at all. > > I tested with another Windows 95 box -- same problem. Even > after ~ 5 min. the box is still hanged. > > I'm wondering if Windows 98/ME are also affected by this? > I don't have access to Windows ME "boxes" but I might find > a Windows 98 box... I'll post when I am able to test. > > I generated a level 10 log file, it's 155KB (gzip -9). Someone > wants to look at it? (I did not want to post this hughe file > here).
A log file won't help I don't think. It looks like sendfile is simply overwhelming the Win95 box's ability to process incoming TCP. Windows 95 is broken in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways w.r.t. SMB networking I'm afraid. Turning off sendfile might be your only option. Jeremy.