Subject: Re: netatalk 1.4b2+asun2.1.3 and MS issues
From: jeff (jeff@univrel.pr.uconn.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 12:27:01 EDT
Jack Johnson wrote:
> I'm running netatalk 1.4b2+asun2.1.3 on Debian 2.2 (potato) and I'm
> having an interesting problem with netatalk and Word/PowerPoint.
>
> Inserting certain types of digital images into a document --- new or
> existing --- causes the file not to save and the server to disconnect.
> It's definitely repeatable, and it's gotten to the point that we can
> predict which files will and won't save.
>
> The clients are running Mac OS 9.0.4, AppleShare 3.8.6, OpenTransport
> 2.6.1 and Office 98 with the latest patches. I have not tried other
> versions of any of the above.
>
> Interestingly, the files save OK to a local volume and to an NT share,
> though probably not as quickly as one might expect (but not eternally
> slow, either). The original images also save to any volume just fine,
> as do the original documents.
>
> I know netatalk 1.4b2+asun2.1.3 has some issues, but this is one I
> hadn't heard of (or seen) before.
>
> If you would like some test documents, feel free to contact me. I
> would love to know whether the same symptoms exist under 1.5pre6, and,
> if this problem is a known one, any background information on it.
I don't believe that those problems exist under 1.5pre6.
Jeff
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