Re: 2 persistant bugs; Seeking ideas where to look.

[Chris Travers <..hidden..>]

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Schmiechen <..hidden..> wrote:
> Bug 1 goes like this:
> Ledgersmb (modified) 2.1.18 is open and running in Konqueror or Firefox.
> I only have Ledgersmb open in one tab or window.
> I use the back browser button or select something from the menu.
> I get "Session Expired!" in red.
> I enter my password.
> Next I get a screen that says "password" and no matter how many times I enter
> the password it wont continue on.
> As if there is no call back other than enter the password.
> Whatever the user was working on is now lost.
> Happens more often in Konqueror.
> I have synced the clocks on the computers they are all within 1 min.
> I have set the session time out  to 86400
> I do not see where sessions are handled in the DB so it could be a import from
> sql-ledger issue as well.
> It looks like they are still cookies. Is there a way to debug the cookie and
> see if something is corrupting it?

Sure,  Look at your cookies for things that start with LedgerSMB.
Also see the "session" table in the central (auth) db.

> I saw some bug fixes around this in 1.2.16 change log and merged up to the
> current 1.2.18. merging in menu.pl breaks buttons on edit item.
> I ran it with the latest version for a day anyway and still encountered the
> session expired errors.
>
>
> Bug 2 is printing page breaks.
> I get very erratic page breaks when printing multi page orders and invoices.
> I also get odd blank pages.
> I have tried messing with the page breaks to no avial.
> I tried upgrading to Texlive also.
> Has anyone else had trouble with page breaks?

Hmmmm....  Does this happen when the notes field goes over a page boundary?

> Looking for some tips or ideas.
> I see code for testing a new template system in 1.3 is Ledgersmb going to stay
> with Latex?

Yes, but the templates will be better, and we are looking at better
LaTeX than what we have now.

> I have set up Texlive for Letter paper.
> I have a file called papersize.tex to test adjust the papersize on all
> templates.
> This is the file:
> %\usepackage[top=2.7cm,bottom=-1cm,left=1.9cm,right=0.5cm]{geometry}%
> %This had margins that were too big:%
> %\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}%
> %This has .5 in left and right margins and .75 top and 1.125 in bottom:%
> \usepackage[letterpaper,left=0.5in,top=0.75in]{geometry}
>
> My page break section looks like this:
>
> % the numbers are: chars per line (in description field)
> % Lines on first page
> % Lines on other pages
> % The numbers were 65 27 37
> % I need to see if the wrapping (first number) or the pagebreaks (last
> numbers) are bad
> %<?lsmb pagebreak 70 15 15 ?>
> %<?lsmb pagebreak 70 30 45 ?>
> <?lsmb pagebreak 65 27 37 ?>
>
> Our descriptions vary greatly in legnth and can be several lines.
> I dont seem to be able to get anything out of adjusting the chars per line.

It may be that this happens when something inside a line goes over the
page boundary.  THe chars per line are generally automatically
managed, though you could handle this perhaps in LaTeX itself by using
boxes inside your tabularx environments.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers