Re: build 803 freezing

Hi Lewis,
Thank you for the detailed explaination to my 'simple' question.
Being retired now, and finding myself with a few more hours in 
the day to play with, I think I might take a look at the Linux OS.
Your reply specifically, has left me intriged rather than put off and I
thank you for that.
Is there a particular ilk of the Linux OS that you would concider
for a newbie as myself to take on?
Thanks again,
Kevin N.
 

> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:11:55 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [moneydance] build 803 freezing
> 
> Hey, Kevin...
> 
> On 11/11/11 04:55 pm, Kevin Nugent thus wrote :
> > Hi Lewis,
> > Always appreciate a good joshing. I confess, I'm Linux-illiterate.
> > Just for my own edification; what is the Linux equivilent to a
> > Windows .exe?
> > TIA
> >
> > 
> Thanks for taking it in the spirit in which it was intended. :-)
> 
> Linux (and Mac, even before OS X) uses a file attribute to specify an 
> executable vs a non-executable file. So, with the proper permissions, 
> someone could set even a non-executable file to executable (it won't 
> work, but it would be like going to a DOS machine and renaming 
> CONFIG.SYS to CONFIG.EXE, except that a DPS box will likely hang trying 
> to execute an obviously *not* executable file, and a Linux box will just 
> curse at you on the command line).
> 
> To change such permissions from a Linux terminal (command prompt), one 
> uses the chmod (change mode) command, and usually with the syntax:
> 
> chmod nnn filename
> 
> where nnn refers to a combination of numbers representing various 
> attributes for owner (of the file), group, and others (in Linux, a 
> particular user may take ownership of a file, and as such, his - or her 
> - privs may differ, e.g., only the owner may have read/write privs, 
> whereas the Users group may be able to read it).
> 
> Complicated, I know, but it's stuff like this which makes Linux so well 
> hardened.
> 
> The value for read, write, and executable is "7", so if I wanted to set 
> a file as executable for everyone, I would use:
> 
> chmod 777 moneydance
> 
> (Assuming I had a file named moneydance. Typically, shell scripts - 
> batch files - have an extension of ".sh", but this is merely for 
> convention. A shell script must still be chmodded - and yes, we usually 
> pronounce that just like it's spelled: "che-modd-ed"- to executable.)
> 
> The real specifics on how these numbers are derived (and it's quite 
> logical, actually, may be found here (among other places):
> 
> http://ss64.com/bash/chmod.html
> 
> (Wikipedia's page is way too convoluted...)
> 
> Many people find that using the r, w, and x symbols instead of 
> calculating the permission values are easier (see the link above). I've 
> just been doing it so long that I don't much think about it anymore.
> 
> And I'll bet you thought you had a simple question! :-)
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> >> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:49:34 -0500
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [moneydance] build 803 freezing
> >>
> >> Hey, Will...
> >>
> >> On 11/11/11 04:43 pm, Will Jaynes thus wrote :
> >> 
> >>> Lewis,
> >>>
> >>> I'm not running any anti-virus stuff on my Ubuntu system. Never had a
> >>> problem with sound before. I can play YouTube vids and play mp3s in
> >>> Rhythmbox at the same time and hear both of them. I probably won't look
> >>> into this any further, but thanks for your interest.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 
> >> No problem. I was really sort of joshing with Kevin concerning the AV
> >> stuff. I don;t normally run Clam on anything but mail servers, and not
> >> normally on Linux workstations or on my eComStation (OS/2) boxes in the
> >> field (client sites) and in my own office. On Windows, of course, that's
> >> an entirely different matter!
> >>
> >> If you aren't seeing this issue anywhere else, it pretty much clears
> >> ALSA (which is a good thing), and points in the direction of the JVM,
> >> perhaps. No need to dig any deeper if you're satisfied with the
> >> workaround, obviously.
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >> 
> >>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal<
> >>> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>> PMFJI...
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11/11/11 04:19 pm, Kevin Nugent thus wrote :
> >>>>
> >>>> <snip>
> >>>>
> >>>> 3 - Some Anti-Virus programs cause issues...
> >>>>
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Try excluding moneydance.exe and your data file from your
> >>>>> A-V program.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
> >>>> Will mentioned that he is on Ubuntu. He *might* be running AV (Clam is a
> >>>> possibility), and if he is, it would probably be to ensure that he didn't
> >>>> pass along any infected files to unsuspecting Windows users (infected files
> >>>> he would have likely received from *other* Windows users). :-) Surely,
> >>>> though, there's no moneydance.exe...
> >>>>
> >>>> Excellent catch on the audio suggestion, Kevin.
> >>>>
> >>>> Will:
> >>>>
> >>>> As disabling the sound seems to have done it, what build of ALSA are you
> >>>> running (assuming you are indeed using ALSA for your audio driver)? This
> >>>> could be some conflict with access to the audio hardware. Have you seen any
> >>>> other apps which act strangely when trying to access the audio (try playing
> >>>> a YouTube video and opening, say, your MP3 player app to start something,
> >>>> and see what disaster results (if you're as curious as I).
> >>>>
> >>>> <snip>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Lewis
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> >>>
> >>>
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