samba - Sep 2004 - file context menu takes for ever with 3.0.6, both sernet and suse

I've tested SerNet's ans SuSE's versions of Samba 3.0.6
on a test member server. Joining domain, attaching share
all works but if I right-click a file, the context menu
takes for ever to pop up. If I select Properties, it
takes even longer until the dialog box appears.

Right-clicking a directory pops up the context menu
without delay and the Properties dialog box also comes
fast, but files are very lazy.

The smb.conf (as well as the SuSE 8.2) is a clone of 
another hardwarewise identical member server's
configuration file with only the name of the server
changed accordingly. The problem does not occur with
samba 3.0.4.

What's wrong?

On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 12:11:00PM -0500, Dragan Krnic
wrote:
> I've tested SerNet's ans SuSE's versions of Samba 3.0.6
> on a test member server. Joining domain, attaching share
> all works but if I right-click a file, the context menu
> takes for ever to pop up. If I select Properties, it
> takes even longer until the dialog box appears.
> 
> Right-clicking a directory pops up the context menu
> without delay and the Properties dialog box also comes
> fast, but files are very lazy.
> 
> The smb.conf (as well as the SuSE 8.2) is a clone of 
> another hardwarewise identical member server's
> configuration file with only the name of the server
> changed accordingly. The problem does not occur with
> samba 3.0.4.
> 
> What's wrong?
What kernel is SuSE8.2 running ? If it's a 2.4.20 or
similar kernel try turning off sendfile. We'll disable
sendfile by default on 2.4.x kernels in the next release,
we didn't realise it was so widely broken.

Jeremy.

Are these XP clients?

Try setting "large readwrite = no" (be sure to restart the client on a
new
smbd or you won't know for sure) and see if that changes the behaviour.
I have several systems with the same exact issues you describe. Changing
that value helped me...I'm hoping Jeremy can help me understand why in an
email I sent to samba-technical.

Good luck!


Bill



On Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Dragan Krnic wrote:
> I've tested SerNet's ans SuSE's versions of Samba 3.0.6
> on a test member server. Joining domain, attaching share
> all works but if I right-click a file, the context menu
> takes for ever to pop up. If I select Properties, it
> takes even longer until the dialog box appears.
>
> Right-clicking a directory pops up the context menu
> without delay and the Properties dialog box also comes
> fast, but files are very lazy.
>
> The smb.conf (as well as the SuSE 8.2) is a clone of
> another hardwarewise identical member server's
> configuration file with only the name of the server
> changed accordingly. The problem does not occur with
> samba 3.0.4.
>
> What's wrong?
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Hi,
i had serveral failures in the past with sernet rpm s
try
suse samba rpms
for 8.1
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/samba/3.0/i386/
Regards

Dragan Krnic schrieb:
> I've tested SerNet's ans SuSE's versions of Samba 3.0.6
> on a test member server. Joining domain, attaching share
> all works but if I right-click a file, the context menu
> takes for ever to pop up. If I select Properties, it
> takes even longer until the dialog box appears.
> 
> Right-clicking a directory pops up the context menu
> without delay and the Properties dialog box also comes
> fast, but files are very lazy.
> 
> The smb.conf (as well as the SuSE 8.2) is a clone of 
> another hardwarewise identical member server's
> configuration file with only the name of the server
> changed accordingly. The problem does not occur with
> samba 3.0.4.
> 
> What's wrong?