Re: build 803 freezing

Hi Lewis,
I appreciate the Ubuntu 'course of action'.
I'm sure my wife will enjoy the many hours of peace and quite that 
will come to pass should I accept the challenge of a new OS. {8-)
-Kevin N. A newly indoctrinated Linux-ite (possibly)
 

 

> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:08:07 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [moneydance] build 803 freezing
> 
> 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>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
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> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 
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