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[SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad?

2003-07-07 Thread Stuart Guthrie

Just wondering if anyone else has a major performance issue with running
Win4Lin Server edition (within that MYOB Premier Accounts).
I'm accessing a samba network drive from within the copy of win4lin so
that the MYOB data can be shared across a company. This works OK for
Win98 clients accessing the data, speed is OK. From Win4Lin, it sucks.
Performance is about 1/5 the speed or worse.
Accessing MYOB data directly from Win4Lin to file on same Linux Box is as
fast as I could expect. Unfortunately, this will not allow the MYOB data file to be
shared with the other users. Only accessing via MS Networking will allow this and that 
slows it down big time.
I've also emailed support @ Netraverse but so far (ie 3 days ago) no response. 

As an alternative, has anyone tried crossover office with MYOB in Network 'file share' mode?

Stu



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Re: [SLUG] mandrake 9.1 cdrom and sound

2003-07-07 Thread Stuart Guthrie

Wayne Crich wrote:

This sounds like two dumb questions. After years of using RedHat i 
have set a machine up with mandrake.
 
Two simple problems:
 
1) No sound - Yet card is configured correctly and volume is set above 0.

Try the various volume control tools in the multi-media menu option. I 
had the same problem and altering the sound levels in there worked.

 
2) Cd drives cannot be read from. They are there and mounted but 
appear locked in KDE browser.

Automounting should happen by default. You can try manually mounting. 
What do you see when you type 'mount' as super user?

 
Any help would be appreciated
 
Thank You
 
Wayne




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Re: [SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad?

2003-07-07 Thread mkraus

Stuart,

If you're accessing the data file locally, check that the permissions for the files and directories are the same as if from samba.

MYOB achieves filesharing of data files via lockfiles, if one user logs into MYOB (creates a lockfile), and the other user can't read or modify that lockfile they will not be able to use the same MYOB data file under MYOB.

I hope this is clear, and from the looks of things, its probably what's happening. (Ie. you access locally and it locks other users out as they don't have the priveleges to read/modify the lockfile.)

Warmest regards

Mike
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Subject:[SLUG] Win4Lin MYOB - is it really this bad?

Just wondering if anyone else has a major performance issue with running
Win4Lin Server edition (within that MYOB Premier Accounts).

I'm accessing a samba network drive from within the copy of win4lin so
that the MYOB data can be shared across a company. This works OK for
Win98 clients accessing the data, speed is OK. From Win4Lin, it sucks.
Performance is about 1/5 the speed or worse.

Accessing MYOB data directly from Win4Lin to file on same Linux Box is as
fast as I could expect. Unfortunately, this will not allow the MYOB data file to be
shared with the other users. Only accessing via MS Networking will allow this and that slows it down big time.

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