-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCLwp2kDjwkvrkkmURArWdAJ4rEXG9n7LfPJ0SxX/BqIklEQkBRACfQj+5 FK70tlngjkpav/by6+B+LCI= =7xJk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba