Re: build 803 freezing
Lewis G Rosenthal <[email protected]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:08:07 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.finance.moneydance.general |
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| Organization | Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC |
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On 11/11/11 06:01 pm, Kevin Nugent thus wrote : > 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. > You're surely welcome, and Robby's correction should be well taken. > Is there a particular ilk of the Linux OS that you would concider > for a newbie as myself to take on? > > A good number of recent converts choose Ubuntu. I'm Novell certified, so SuSE is my regular distro, but I'm told that Ubuntu is quite user friendly (as Linux goes). I'd probably start there, if I were coming at it fresh, today. Good luck with it! > >> 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 >>>>>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**- >>>>>> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE, CWTS >>>>>> Rosenthal& Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com >>>>>> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com >>>>>> visit my IT blog www.2rosenthals.net/wordpress >>>>>> please do not add my address to any non-bcc mass mailings >>>>>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>> For Moneydance customer support, please visit http://help.infinitekind.com >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://moneydance.com/mailman/**listinfo/moneydance-info<http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lewis >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE, CWTS >>>> Rosenthal& Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com >>>> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com >>>> visit my IT blog www.2rosenthals.net/wordpress >>>> please do not add my address to any non-bcc mass mailings >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> For Moneydance customer support, please visit http://help.infinitekind.com >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> For Moneydance customer support, please visit http://help.infinitekind.com >>> [email protected] >>> http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Lewis >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE, CWTS >> Rosenthal& Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com >> Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com >> visit my IT blog www.2rosenthals.net/wordpress >> please do not add my address to any non-bcc mass mailings >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For Moneydance customer support, please visit http://help.infinitekind.com >> [email protected] >> http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info >> > > _______________________________________________ > For Moneydance customer support, please visit http://help.infinitekind.com > [email protected] > http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info > > -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE, CWTS Rosenthal& Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com visit my IT blog www.2rosenthals.net/wordpress please do not add my address to any non-bcc mass mailings ------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ For Moneydance customer support, please visit http://help.infinitekind.com [email protected] http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info