[Samba] Lock ups?

[Bob Crandell]

You might also want to try setting the speed to half duplex all the way
through ... just in case.

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 09:08, Shawn Henderson wrote:
> ----I don't think it's network related as I have 100 meg full duplex locked
> all the way through. Both PC's are plugged into a Cisco 2950 and I see no
> itteruption of traffic between the two when a pause occurs.-----
> 
> I am having the same problem on occasion and I am getting wins errors in my
> log... I see you have wins support in the config as I do . Can someone
> explain the wins process as it pertains to samba .
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris" <samba at hal.kaos.gen.nz>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:20 AM
> Subject: [Samba] Lock ups?
> 
> 
> > Hi there. I'm reasonably new to Samba but quite experienced with Linux.
> >
> > The other day I decided to throw a file server together for my house. I
> > put together a Linux box with 5 120 gig drives raid 5'd in a rack mount
> > box and put it in the basement.
> >
> > It's running debian and Samba 3.0.2a-1. The Kernel is 2.4.26.
> >
> > I am then mounting the drive as a mapped network drive under a windows XP
> > box that is my main PC.
> >
> > Initially all seemed good. I filled the raid and started using the PC. I
> > am however getting what appear to be "lock ups" regularly when browsing
> > the samba share I have created. I'll be browsing happy as larry with music
> > also streaming off the share when my explorer window will lock up and the
> > music will stop playing. Any attempt to open "My Computer" or any explorer
> > window to access the share results in nothing. If I wait 10 seconds to 1
> > min it suddenly comes right and everything pootles along again as normal.
> >
> > If I just stream 1 file off the server then it's fine for (the longest
> > I've tried) up to 2 hours. But if I start browsing the shares or opening
> > other shared files I get lock ups within 1-5 min. It's very frustrating
> > when I'm trying to do multiple things at once.
> >
> > I ran ethereal on the windows end and when the pauses happen I see SMB
> > messages flying round but they seem to be requests for the same bit over
> > and over.. Usually as the pause ends I see a close request going from the
> > XP box to the Linux server. I can provide ethereal captures if that would
> > help.
> >
> > I am also SSHed into the server and it's not a drive pause as the drive
> > and mounted dir are totally responsive under linux while the pause is in
> > effect.
> >
> > I don't think it's network related as I have 100 meg full duplex locked
> > all the way through. Both PC's are plugged into a Cisco 2950 and I see no
> > itteruption of traffic between the two when a pause occurs.
> >
> > Below is my SMB conf.... any suggestions? My GF is going to kill me if her
> > photo editing keeps locking up like this. :)
> >
> > ------
> > [global]
> > server string = %h server (Samba %v)
> > netbios name = atari
> > wins support = yes
> > dns proxy = no
> > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> > max log size = 1000
> > syslog = 0
> > panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
> > encrypt passwords = true
> > passdb backend = tdbsam guest
> > obey pam restrictions = yes
> > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> > socket options =  TCP_NODELAY,  IPTOS_LOWDELAY, SO_KEEPALIVE,
> SO_SNDBUF=8192, SO_RCVBUF=8192, SO_RCVBUF, SO_SNDBUF
> > [shared]
> >    comment = Storage
> >    writable = yes
> >    locking = yes
> >    oplocks = True
> >    create mask = 0700
> >    directory mask = 0700
> >    path = /raid-1/shared
> >    public = yes
> >
> > ------
> >
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