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by drtech
Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Slow appointment module
Replies: 2
Views: 1866

Slow appointment module

... I upgraded the database everything went smoothly but the appointment module was noticeably slow. Using mySQL 5.7 like I have for many years on Linux. Nothing changed there on the back end. It was unusably slow with like a second or two delay between appointment book actions. I reversed the ...
by dhanson358
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:48 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

... wine 8.0.02 mono version that wine auto-installs run in WINEARCH=win32 Use dxvk 2.3 to hand off d3d to GPU Use official nvidia drivers, not the linux open source versions (assuming nvidia GPU of course)
by jordansparks
Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

I looked into it. The ToolBarOD is pretty solid. I verified that it only repainted when it needed to, like if the mouse is moved to a new hover button. It doesn't repaint if you just move the mouse around on the same button. So that was my main concern. The timer seems harmless, since it's a pretty ...
by jordansparks
Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

I would expect it to draw better in DirectX than in OpenGL. We switched away from OpenGL about 10 years ago after a good solid attempt. Since we're using MS, DirectX is just a better fit. Thank you so much for tracking down that CPU usage in the ToolBar. I have a little down time at the moment, and ...
by dhanson358
Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

Good info! Getting to .NET Core would certainly open a lot of possibilities for running cross platform. I was able to get this working quite a bit better by tinkering with a lot of various Wine settings. Interestingly it seems to draw better using the Direct3D libraries in Wine than it goes using Op...
by jordansparks
Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:29 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

... 5 years that we will start pushing to convert from .net framework to modern .net 8+. Mono was merged into .net, so that should make it run fine on Linux, Mac, and ARM tablets. We'll see. I haven't quite seen a migration strategy that would let us migrate one window at a time, which is what we will ...
by dhanson358
Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

Resurrecting this topic -- have been doing some experimentation with getting OD to run in Linux (not specifically the 3d tooth chart, but just in general). It seems like using the latest stable Wine (8.0.2) with mono, it *kind of* works. In a 64bit prefix it will load, ...
by joergzastrau
Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:53 am
Forum: API
Topic: Schedules with google
Replies: 1
Views: 2440

Re: Schedules with google

... OD 21.3 and 21.4. Start&Quit n8n once to create the configuration "home" folder. This folder contains the file n8n-desktop.env (e.g. ~/.n8n on mac/Linux). Set the environment variable “NODE_FUNCTION_ALLOW_EXTERNAL=moment” by editing the file n8n-desktop.env to enable the supplied moment.js. Retrieve ...
by jfd2
Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Network freeze
Replies: 14
Views: 16193

Re: Network freeze

... the 2nd box is to add a SSD drive to your server and move the OS and DB to the SSD if you did not do so. that is way faster. Of course I am using linux for all my servers and adding disks is just plug it in. not sure your OS etc. hope this helps.
by jfd2
Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:03 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: OD-Insight: A New Analytics and Intelligence Application with Opendental
Replies: 4
Views: 6386

OD-Insight: A New Analytics and Intelligence Application with Opendental

... claims. Then, use our built-in analytics dashboard to gain meaningful insight into your clinic's overall health. OD-Insight runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is free before the official v1.0 release. Afterward, a 30-day free trial will be available. For more details, visit https://www.clinicainow.com. ...
by gitter
Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Query automation
Replies: 5
Views: 10162

Re: Query automation

python should do the job. We use php and linux cronjobs.
by jfd2
Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:13 pm
Forum: Developers
Topic: Opendental with mysql 8.x -- 1st try
Replies: 5
Views: 11844

Re: Opendental with mysql 8.x -- 1st try

... So the backup between OD upgrades could be none unless the clinic implemented the own, I guess. I am also curious what percentage of users using linux as the db and file server and how many use msft servers. Thanks.
by drtech
Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:10 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem
Replies: 13
Views: 12912

New Care Credit Integration Setup Problem

... the merchant number must be a 16-digit number...however it IS a 16 digit number I have entered... OD v 20.3.39 - self compiled, running mysql on linux server
by DougR
Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:40 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Dental Training School Applications for OpenDent.
Replies: 4
Views: 8947

Re: Dental Training School Applications for OpenDent.

... of OD will do exactly what we need, especially if it's got simulated patient data built in (this is a real bonus for us). I'll be using a central linux server with windows 10x workstations (4-6). (whoops looks like the demo server is windows only). 1. Will the demo version allow for bridges to ...
by cmcgehee
Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:01 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Dental Training School Applications for OpenDent.
Replies: 4
Views: 8947

Re: Dental Training School Applications for OpenDent.

... a network share that all workstations can access . Most offices set that up on a Windows machine in their local office, but you could run it on Linux or in the cloud in something like Amazon's MySQL RDS. The server doesn't require very powerful hardware if you're only connecting to it with 5 ...
by drtech
Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:13 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: v 19.2 Pt Dashboard/Database Efficiency
Replies: 4
Views: 11397

v 19.2 Pt Dashboard/Database Efficiency

... slower too that I mentioned in another post. Maybe database connection inefficiencies? I think I did disable the capitalization checking on my linux database as there was an error upon trying to upgrade. I wonder if that slows down efficiency. I am running mySQL 5.7.27 on an Ubuntu VM, but ...
by Ardavan
Tue Apr 30, 2019 9:27 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Middle Tier Security
Replies: 1
Views: 6300

Middle Tier Security

... by bots trying to break in within minutes of deployment. I have come to accept this as the cost of placing resources online and use Fail2Ban on my linux machines and the BulletProofSecurity plugin on my wordpress installs to help mitigate risk. I understand OpenDental will lock a user after multiple ...
by jsalmon
Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:08 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Avoiding server conflicts
Replies: 13
Views: 16661

Re: Avoiding server conflicts

... for the workstations to operate? Open Dental is not required to be installed for MySQL to run / serve the database (lots of our users have a Linux operating system hosting their database which cannot run Open Dental "natively").
by Restemayer
Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:09 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Office Network Build series
Replies: 3
Views: 8229

Office Network Build series

... open-source/no-cost software. Minus OD itself, our imaging software, and the workstations' OS/Software (though I'm thinking of trying my hand at a linux fork of OD in the future), I was able to get the entire office running on no-cost software. I'm thinking about doing a video series/tutorial about ...
by ajhalls
Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:38 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Ideal My.cnf for InnoDB
Replies: 0
Views: 16063

Ideal My.cnf for InnoDB

... with 8GB RAM where the workstations are lagging just a little. After updating to InnoDB I was looking at some settings that I typically use on my Linux servers and wondering why we don't set more of these during install / switchover to InnoDB. Here is what I came up with, if you have 16GB RAM ...
by drtech
Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:13 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Beta v 17.4.59 Error - Reports -pref
Replies: 10
Views: 17910

Re: Beta v 17.4.59 Error - Reports -pref

I corrected it manually for this one, but yes, Linux is case sensitive and I usually leave my installation as case sensitive rather than turning it off to find errors. This was not a case sensitive issue however, it was compiling non "released" ...
by Ardavan
Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:53 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Beta v 17.4.59 Error - Reports -pref
Replies: 10
Views: 17910

Re: Beta v 17.4.59 Error - Reports -pref

You (both of you) probably already know this but since you mentioned a Linux server I thought I'd throw it out there that table names are case sensitive in Linux.
by Ardavan
Mon May 28, 2018 1:47 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Middle Tier on Amazon EC2 running Linux
Replies: 1
Views: 6146

Re: Middle Tier on Amazon EC2 running Linux

Thank you for sharing, I was searching for a method to secure an internet exposed middle tier when I discovered this post by accident. Have you or anyone you know ran the middle tier (or the client application for that matter) on a linux machine in production?
by drtech
Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:25 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Beta v 17.4.59 Error - Reports -pref
Replies: 10
Views: 17910

Beta v 17.4.59 Error - Reports -pref

Beta v 17.4.59 - Program is crashing when I try to run Outstanding Ins Report. Looks like there is a pref Name issue? (Linux server) Unhandled exception from ProgramEntry: OutstandingInsReportDateFilterTab is an invalid pref name. System.Exception at OpenDentBusiness.Prefs.GetOne(String ...
by Jess
Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:58 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: TLS versions and DB engines
Replies: 7
Views: 13095

Re: TLS versions and DB engines

...we were told that our Linux setup was all wrong, since it used MyISAM for the DB engine. It was a total mystery to me why the engine would have been set to old-n-busted MyISAM. We recommend users use MyISAM and will continue to do ...
by jsalmon
Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:18 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: TLS versions and DB engines
Replies: 7
Views: 13095

Re: TLS versions and DB engines

...we were told that our Linux setup was all wrong, since it used MyISAM for the DB engine. It was a total mystery to me why the engine would have been set to old-n-busted MyISAM. We recommend users use MyISAM and will continue to do ...
by Jess
Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:23 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: TLS versions and DB engines
Replies: 7
Views: 13095

TLS versions and DB engines

I'll preface this by saying that I know tech support don't support Linux. Also I know that there is probably some mailing list we could have monitored to realize we'd need to update from v15 on an emergency basis. (Anyone who could point out that mailing ...
by Justin Shafer
Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:59 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Middle Tier on Amazon EC2 running Linux
Replies: 1
Views: 6146

Middle Tier on Amazon EC2 running Linux

http://justinshafer.blogspot.com/2018/03/notes-to-get-open-dental-middle-tier.html Rough draft notes.. will edit this more: Setup Mono XSP4 and MySQL with Ubuntu 16.04 and Open Dental 17.4 (no samba yet) sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29A...
by bpcomp
Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Stability of OD in virtualized environments
Replies: 9
Views: 18133

Re: Stability of OD in virtualized environments

Lots of good questions. When I say that Windows can't talk to Linux, I don't mean networking, I mean file systems. Unless you install something in windows to allow it to read an EXT4 file system, then Windows can not natively read a Linux hard disk. If ...
by asceticwonder
Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:26 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Stability of OD in virtualized environments
Replies: 9
Views: 18133

Re: Stability of OD in virtualized environments

... not implementing a domain controller or active directory or any of that good stuff. bpcomp, what do you mean the windows file system can't talk to Linux? For simplicity sake I chose to use this thing called "bridged" mode where the virtual machine appears as its own machine with its on IP address ...
by bpcomp
Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:58 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Stability of OD in virtualized environments
Replies: 9
Views: 18133

Re: Stability of OD in virtualized environments

We've been running the server and workstations in our office as virtual machines with VMware Workstation and Player for 5 or 6 years. We run Linux as a host and Windows as the guest. The specific virtualization issues I've had have been problems with USB based xrays working in the VM. Those ...
by Justin Shafer
Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:31 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

For 17.3 I got a black box at the choose database window... So... SharpDX issue.

WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" WINEARCH=win32 winetricks dotnet45 win10

Setting the windows version to Windows 10 fixes that...
by Justin Shafer
Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: MySQL version 5.7
Replies: 11
Views: 143941

Re: MySQL version 5.7

I wonder if the switch to SharpDX in 17.3 did anything.. Try setting the simple tooth chart?? I am messing with the wine emulator in linux and am having an issue... seeing if I can get past it.. just curious if that helps you. Maybe make sure you have installed the Windows 7 SP1 Platform ...
by Justin Shafer
Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:56 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

This works pretty well on 17.2...

WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" WINEARCH=win32 winetricks dotnet45 d3dx9 gdiplus glut vcrun2015 ddr=opengl

Once you get OpenDentImages mounted over smb.. etc..

Toothchart worked.
by cmcgehee
Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:41 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: maximum connections
Replies: 8
Views: 14308

Re: maximum connections

... interest from our customers. To avoid the issue of reaching the maximum number of connections for Windows file share, you have the option of using Linux for your server.
by jsalmon
Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:14 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: beta (v17.2.7) Ins error causes crash
Replies: 13
Views: 18552

Re: beta (v17.2.7) Ins error causes crash

I was just notified that the but "Linux, accessing the edit patient information window would throw a UE sometimes." has been fixed and will be released with v17.2.10
http://opendentalsoft.com:1942/ODBugTra ... .aspx#17.1
by JoeMontano
Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: beta (v17.2.7) Ins error causes crash
Replies: 13
Views: 18552

Re: beta (v17.2.7) Ins error causes crash

To clarify are you saying on your linux server there is no inseditlog table in opendental? The capitalization of "InsEditLog" sounds like the issue but if you do not have the lower case table either that seems strange to me.
by drtech
Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:15 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: beta (v17.2.7) Ins error causes crash
Replies: 13
Views: 18552

Re: beta (v17.2.7) Ins error causes crash

Did it to me again when I made a new pt, just the same....linux capitalization error?...i don't even see InsEditLog in my database at all, capitalization or not? Unhandled exception from ProgramEntry: Table 'opendental.InsEditLog' doesn't exist MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException ...
by jsalmon
Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:02 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Not able to start OD after moving A-Z folder to new server
Replies: 6
Views: 13632

Re: Not able to start OD after moving A-Z folder to new serv

Just setting max_allowed_packet size in my.cnf did pretty much nothing. If you are not using the Open Dental suggested table type of MyISAM (Linux chooses InnoDB by default) then you would be correct and need to start looking into additional settings like innodb_log_file_size for example. The ...
by ForrestGumpDDS
Tue May 16, 2017 7:01 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Exception while double clicking a group note. v 17.1.13.0
Replies: 3
Views: 9858

Exception while double clicking a group note. v 17.1.13.0

Just noticed. Could be the issue related th capital/lower case in the code due to the fact I run mysql on Linux. I'm not seeing any bad things, just the dialogue window. Clicking "Continue", pasting the text in there, e-signing, OK - all works. MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException ...
by jsalmon
Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:42 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Re: Open Dental on Linux

We don't officially support Linux at all. The only support (which would be included) that we give for Linux is theoretical. E.g. If you needed to set up a file share and called us for support we would simply say something along the lines ...
by emilm18
Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:18 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Re: Open Dental on Linux

Thanks Justin.

Would you know, would this be something that is included in the standard open dental support or would that cost me extra when it's time to do it such as a conversion.
by jsalmon
Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:19 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Re: Open Dental on Linux

Yes, it is possible but starts to get complicated if you use different versions of MySQL. So keep that in mind when switching between OS.
by emilm18
Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:35 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Re: Open Dental on Linux

Thanks everyone!

What if i want to start in windows and then go to linux or vice versa. Is the backup and restore from one filesystem to the other possible?
by ki0ak
Wed Apr 12, 2017 7:24 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Re: Open Dental on Linux

Hi Everyone. Just wanted to see if there is a comprehensive guide on running open dental on linux servers with windows 10 PC's. I've seen a couple threads and some general info but wondering if theres anything that is comprehensive step by step end to end guide. Thanks! ...
by jsalmon
Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:38 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Claim Payment Unhandled Exception
Replies: 4
Views: 23684

Re: Claim Payment Unhandled Exception

The bug "Claim Payments, trying to delete a claim payment was causing an error for Linux servers." has been fixed and will be released with v17.1.4
by cmcgehee
Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:04 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Re: Open Dental on Linux

Our online manual will contain the most comprehensive guide to running a Linux server.
http://opendental.com/manual/linuxinstall.html
by emilm18
Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:44 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 13199

Open Dental on Linux

Hi Everyone.

Just wanted to see if there is a comprehensive guide on running open dental on linux servers with windows 10 PC's. I've seen a couple threads and some general info but wondering if theres anything that is comprehensive step by step end to end guide.

Thanks!
by drtech
Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:46 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Claim Payment Unhandled Exception
Replies: 4
Views: 23684

Re: Claim Payment Unhanded Exeption

It is saying the opendental.ClaimPayment table does not exist? That doesn't sound good...hopefully that is not telling me the whole story? Using a Linux server...
by ForrestGumpDDS
Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: 'max_allowed_packet' value exceeded
Replies: 7
Views: 15344

Re: 'max_allowed_packet' value exceeded

... we'd solve that because a table could have only one row and that one row could potentially be larger than the max packet allowed. Do you have a Linux box by chance? If so, it could be that your tables are defaulting to InnoDB and you need to increase your innodb_log_file_size variable as well. ...
by jsalmon
Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:51 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: 'max_allowed_packet' value exceeded
Replies: 7
Views: 15344

Re: 'max_allowed_packet' value exceeded

... we'd solve that because a table could have only one row and that one row could potentially be larger than the max packet allowed. Do you have a Linux box by chance? If so, it could be that your tables are defaulting to InnoDB and you need to increase your innodb_log_file_size variable as well. ...
by bpcomp
Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:54 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: virtual s/w
Replies: 7
Views: 24820

Re: virtual s/w

We use a Linux host with VMWare workstation hosting Windows Server 2008 for our domain and serving up Open Dental and our imaging. I chose Linux for it's stability, low resource usage, it's free, and I'm more familiar with it. ...
by john_moses
Wed May 04, 2016 7:37 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Dentrix server/backend
Replies: 3
Views: 10260

Re: Dentrix server/backend

... about MySQL support. But in the event they say they do not support MySQL, you may just wait a little bit. Microsoft announced they SQL Server on Linux is coming soon: http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-server-on-linux/
by ki0ak
Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:55 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Dentrix server/backend
Replies: 3
Views: 10260

Dentrix server/backend

... Microsoft SQL Server (on Microsoft Windows) on the backend. I'd like to stay away from Windows if at all possible. (My Open Dental server is Linux-based, with MySQL Server and a Samba fileserver.) I haven't dug into the configuration specs yet to see if it can be done - has anyone had success? ...
by bpcomp
Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:53 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Mapped Drives Lost when Updating Open Dental
Replies: 5
Views: 9559

Re: Mapped Drives Lost when Updating Open Dental

The most we would lose is one day of data with the crypto virus. My server is a virtual machine running on a linux host. Every night I have a script that clones our server. From then on our full server with domain and all our patient data and xrays are moved around to a backup ...
by bpcomp
Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:32 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backups
Replies: 2
Views: 7251

Re: Backups

I'll second the virtual machine method. We make nightly clones of our virtual server which are stored in a Linux environment copied over a Linux network to a backup server. The Windows environment does not see or talk to the Linux backup machine so there is no chance of the ...
by ronbob
Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:56 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 6.4 (beta) - Exception Error while entering payment - Bug ?
Replies: 7
Views: 34082

Re: 6.4 (beta) - Exception Error while entering payment - Bu

... Instance Configuration Wizard # # # Installation Instructions # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # # On Linux you can copy this file to /etc/my.cnf to set global options, # mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options # (@localstatedir@ for this ...
by drawab
Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:02 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: rsync openDentImages from linux to network windows machine
Replies: 2
Views: 6942

Re: rsync openDentImages from linux to network windows machi

Just a tip - ive been using Syncthing https://syncthing.net/ for a good 2 months and enjoy the Open Source app - its available in Linux / Windows & Mac version and is secure - install it on both computers and share the Device ID - link up the folder you want to share and let them sync - ...
by shadlewis
Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:41 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: mysql.ini help needed for slave replication on windows box
Replies: 12
Views: 28778

mysql.ini help needed for slave replication on windows box

In my linux my.cnf file, at the end I have added:

bind-address = 192.168.1.160
server-id = 1
log_bin = /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log

What is the windows mycof.ini syntax equivalent?

Thanks.
by jsalmon
Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:37 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: rsync openDentImages from linux to network windows machine
Replies: 2
Views: 6942

Re: rsync openDentImages from linux to network windows machi

I'm not sure how XDRDATA is formatted or used so I can't give good suggestions for it, but as for OpenDentImages, why not just use a SAMBA share which the Windows boxes can access directly? No syncing involved.
by shadlewis
Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:26 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: rsync openDentImages from linux to network windows machine
Replies: 2
Views: 6942

rsync openDentImages from linux to network windows machine

Can rsync be used to sync my XDRDATA and openDentImages folder on my server to a networked windows machine?

Or, how would you recommend doing this?
by jsalmon
Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:26 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backup Failed
Replies: 5
Views: 9034

Re: Backup Failed

Glad that helped. I'll try and make a mental note to give you Linux answers for server related questions you might have in the future.
by shadlewis
Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:03 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: mysqlhotcopy, linux
Replies: 0
Views: 4861

mysqlhotcopy, linux

I see one reference to this from Justin about 3 years ago.

Now I am manually stopping the data base, dumping it, then let rsync take over.

To automate it more, using mysqlhotcopy, do you have any experience with it?

Or, what about replicating the DB to another workstation?
by ForrestGumpDDS
Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:31 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: fetching secure emails fails.
Replies: 2
Views: 5480

fetching secure emails fails.

... I look first? BTW, I have not installed the security certificates on the machine where I am getting this error. And this is a virtual Windows 7 on Linux Mint desktop inside VirtualBox, connecting through OpenVPN to my office network. I don't use it at work, just at home, for the cases like that, ...
by Ryan
Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:50 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Middle Tier on Linux
Replies: 3
Views: 7049

Re: Middle Tier on Linux

kiOak, The short answer is that the middle tier service uses less CPU/Memory than a workstation and will run on a desktop computer or a server. The middle tier service is installed on top of Internet Information Services (IIS) which is a Microsoft product. Microsoft recommendations can be found here...
by ki0ak
Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:37 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Middle Tier on Linux
Replies: 3
Views: 7049

Re: Middle Tier on Linux

... OS, but your machine running middle tier does not need to be the same one housing your database. Your database and file server can stay on a linux server with middle tier. Your machine running the middle tier will just need to have a direct connection to the machine that has the database. ...
by tgriswold
Fri Sep 04, 2015 4:17 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Middle Tier on Linux
Replies: 3
Views: 7049

Re: Middle Tier on Linux

... OS, but your machine running middle tier does not need to be the same one housing your database. Your database and file server can stay on a linux server with middle tier. Your machine running the middle tier will just need to have a direct connection to the machine that has the database.
by ki0ak
Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:02 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Middle Tier on Linux
Replies: 3
Views: 7049

Middle Tier on Linux

... It appears (from my limited research) that the Middle Tier solution requires a Windows OS to run - is that correct? I'm currently using a Linux database and file server and would like to stay away from Windows if possible. Any suggestions? Thanks! Brad
by wjstarck
Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:27 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Pediatric Startup w/ iMac's
Replies: 9
Views: 16688

Re: Pediatric Startup w/ iMac's

... like Parallels you'll have to reboot everytime you want to switch between OSes - what a pain. Plus if you ever want to fiddle with other OSes (eg Linux) you can just create another VM. So, alot more flexibility.
by Restemayer
Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:18 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: ScanX Imaging software
Replies: 13
Views: 22633

ScanX Imaging software

... I just talked with Tigerview and they want some extra Windows server to run their storage thing. I'm running though an encrypted Samba/MySQL Linux server. I don't have a windows server license and I'm not buying and building a new WinServer for the sole purpose of getting our xray to run. ...
by KevinRossen
Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:16 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Question about OpenDental and Amazon EC2
Replies: 18
Views: 33007

Re: Question about OpenDental and Amazon EC2

... but it seems like it could be an attractive option. If not Cloud SQL, then you could easily setup a virtual server with either Windows 2012 or Linux (if that's your flavor). They've really built out a great looking infrastructure service. Anyway, below is a screenshot showing what would be ...
by rajg
Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:39 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

I have already moved the images folder to a SAMBA share on a freebsd server and it has been very stable. Next step is to move MySQL and I just came across this thread. In addition to the instructions here and the doc help page on the website, do I need to consider anything else? Any guidance from th...
by jwhitney
Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:33 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: OpenDental in wine
Replies: 1
Views: 5222

Re: OpenDental in wine

It seems as though some forum-mates have had success with using Wine in Linux.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2016
by drmaximus
Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:44 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: OpenDental in wine
Replies: 1
Views: 5222

OpenDental in wine

I have a linux box on the network and would like to run open dental client in wine has anyone gotten this to work?

Thanks!
by Justin Shafer
Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:19 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backup speed with USB 3?
Replies: 11
Views: 13429

Re: Backup speed with USB 3?

... be a limitation of the write speed with your flash drive's memory chips. Compare the write speed in a different pc with usb 3. I use hdparm with linux, though the test will be slightly different in Windows. Not a bad idea to test on both OS's... Then try other usb 3 devices.. like a solid state ...
by drtech
Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:00 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Proxmox VM and CEPH Storage
Replies: 11
Views: 19117

Re: Proxmox VM and CEPH Storage

... else? If so, what is it's role/main function? I have each VM serving data handling security with encryption of the filesystem and then user level Linux access control, which seems to be working well.
by drtech
Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:30 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Morning Huddle Report
Replies: 15
Views: 26227

Re: Morning Huddle Report

Fixed Capitalization Error for Linux servers... "A.PatNum to a.PatNum" DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2,t3,t4; CREATE TABLE t1( OpTime VARCHAR(12) NOT NULL, PatNum VARCHAR(25), Patient VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL, DOB VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, Age VARCHAR(3) ...
by dqadri
Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:22 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: VOIP phone system bridge with Open Dental
Replies: 26
Views: 39128

Re: VOIP phone system bridge with Open Dental

... own FreePBX based service and then resell it to OD customers. I've been learning about VoIP system and SIP trunking. It could be run on a simple Linux box, and scaled all the way up to a large enterprise setup without a significant cost. If you so desire, you could get dedicated hardware from ...
by Joseph
Tue Dec 09, 2014 10:43 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Print Daily Appointments WITHOUT gray background - solution
Replies: 0
Views: 4133

Print Daily Appointments WITHOUT gray background - solution

... my own solution. Step.1 Print the daily appointment to PDF file. On windows PDFCreator is for free. Download ImageMagick (it is free); I use Linux but it is available for windows as well. Step 2. Run this command from a script, I use bash script on Linux but I'm sure you can use .bat file ...
by bpcomp
Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:00 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backing up with IDRIVE.COM!
Replies: 22
Views: 41830

Re: Backing up with IDRIVE.COM!

I run the server as a virtual machine with a Linux host. I have scripts that will suspend the server and clone if over to our backup server which also plays movies for the kids. If the main server ever takes a dump physically, we boot a copy of ...
by Jay
Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:55 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backing up with IDRIVE.COM!
Replies: 22
Views: 41830

Re: Backing up with IDRIVE.COM!

Although this page is for Linux, it recommends a dump file. Is the Windows environment different?

https://www.idrive.com/faq_linux.htm#linux5
by jsalmon
Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:24 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Re: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

I forgot to mention that I took a couple hours this weekend and tried to look into how hard it would be to get the 3D tooth chart working with mono. Needless to say it's going to be a pretty big pain. I ended up on this web site called Axiom that allows DirectX code in mono. Whatever I do it looks l...
by Justin Shafer
Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Re: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

The next project is a tough one:
HP Touchpad

Using Android GPU Drivers inside of Gnome with Mono and hardfloat with OD 13.X

By the time I figure it out OD will probably be on 14.

And that is WITH the foundation being available... Not that Mono could handle GLES..... I just want to.
by bpcomp
Mon May 19, 2014 10:39 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: XP and HIPAA and Virtual Machines?
Replies: 11
Views: 18399

Re: XP and HIPAA and Virtual Machines?

This might be left field but it might be worth a shot to try Wine under Linux for the XP only application. You then gain the security of an actively updated OS. You could still run it as a virtual machine with a private virtual Lan.
by drtech
Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:02 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: InnoDb
Replies: 4
Views: 8348

Re: InnoDb

ah...for Windows users...my.ini...that's right, I do change the my.cnf file on linux..., or just select which database default type with webmin..
by drtech
Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:46 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Percona Server
Replies: 5
Views: 8231

Percona Server

Anyone tried to run Percona Server on linux as a drop-in replacement for MySQL? I am going to try it on a backup server and see if OD connects to it and if there are any performance advantages as they claim. It looks like it has all kinds of ...
by drtech
Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:14 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: OD grinds to a halt
Replies: 7
Views: 8136

Re: OD grinds to a halt

... if I have it running on my backup dual core Phenom server or my six core Phenom II. Both are really very fast, although I am running speedy Ubuntu Linux and not windows server (which takes much more power).
by drtech
Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: MySQL Hot Backup or Slave Database
Replies: 4
Views: 9472

Re: MySQL Hot Backup or Slave Database

Best way and simplest iMO is to use something like an "automysqlbackup.sh.2.5" script (this is for a linux server) that runs every half hour on my system and saves a snapshot of the database. In the event of a crash, I have only lost a maximum of 30 minutes worth of database ...
by drtech
Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Profiling OD
Replies: 8
Views: 13748

Re: Profiling OD

... to help access times on mysql and I do notice a good difference in speed. We have 8 ops, 24 or so computers on the network, setup with ubuntu linux and automysqlbackup.sh.2.5 script, and rsync of data every 15 minutes local and daily offsite to my home. Works great.
by dqadri
Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:04 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Profiling OD
Replies: 8
Views: 13748

Profiling OD

... capacity and storage capacity to last 3 to 5 years. My initial thought was to go to SSDs with hardware Raid 1+0. I was planning on running Linux on the server, with MySQL on that server either in a VM or directly on bare metal. The windows shares were going to be provided via Samba. All ...
by joshuab
Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:12 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Built in Backup Question
Replies: 7
Views: 11327

Re: Built in Backup Question

epic: I'll get you a copy of my script, but the main part was the line already shared. I run it on a Mac, but linux would probably work. It may need some changes for Windows. What OS are you running? What is your over-all backup plan? Highly recommend Crashplan.com as a more set ...
by epicurean
Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:49 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Built in Backup Question
Replies: 7
Views: 11327

Re: Built in Backup Question

Hi,
As someone who is not very familiar with sql and linux commands, could you explain in detail how you backuped an sql dump every 30 mins? It would be so helpful and greatly appreciated.
by stjames70
Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:14 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid... Ransomware
Replies: 25
Views: 36657

Re: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid... Ransomware

... Security software is not always perfect. The only way I see to minimize risk is to run your practice in a virtual environment under MacOS or Linux or whatever OS does not have the word Microsoft in front of it. Windows is a victim of its popularity. To stay ahead of the nasty people who write ...
by shadlewis
Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:06 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What are you guys using for data encryption?
Replies: 45
Views: 67724

Re: What are you guys using for data encryption?

My server runs linux.

I created a partition which contains the db and images folder.
by teethdood
Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: virtualbox question
Replies: 23
Views: 29799

Re: virtualbox question

... times, try it for yourself), although I wouldn't use OD or anything. You don't need the .Virtualbox folder for windows, only necessary under Linux. You don't need to rename anything. The VM will simply boot up to its original assigned name (ie "server") and you are good to go. The VM will ...
by jimgaas
Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:58 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What are you guys using for data encryption?
Replies: 45
Views: 67724

Re: What are you guys using for data encryption?

... as your password. Picking a decent password is a science. Few people care to learn about passwords but if you have ever used certain versions of Linux and you use a weak password, Linux cracks your password and tells you how much time it took which is usually fractions of a second. This impresses ...
by jimgaas
Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:19 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: RAID 0 or 1
Replies: 8
Views: 10360

Re: RAID 0 or 1

... bigger ones. A 1 TB laptop drive now goes for about $75. The hybrid drives that I am using are about $110 at Microcenter. and they are fast. The Linux host that boots up first is almost an instant boot up. The guest is also very fast. I have not had it long enough to play with backups yet. I ...
by jimgaas
Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:18 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: virtualbox question
Replies: 23
Views: 29799

Re: virtualbox question

... wants to go with RAID 1. If one of the disks goes bad, you can hot swap out to the another one and it will rebuild. If you computer goes bad, and Linux is your host, just move the disk to different hardware and off you go. If Windows is your host, you need to have the appliance on a different ...
by jimgaas
Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:39 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: RAID 0 or 1
Replies: 8
Views: 10360

Re: RAID 0 or 1

This weekend I replaced the 2.5" disk drives with hybrid drives. With RAID 1 and two hybrid drives the boot up of Linux is almost instantaneous. This little RAID enclosure is transportable across machines. The one problem I have is that I removed one of the drives to see what kind ...
by jimgaas
Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:41 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: RAID 0 or 1
Replies: 8
Views: 10360

Re: RAID 0 or 1

... the computers for backup, booting a different operating system, etc. This little box I have fits in the bay just like a 3.5" drive. I have placed Linux on the drive and put a clone of my office server on as well. When I boot Linux from a regular 3.5" drive, the boot up takes about 20 seconds. ...
by morphologyfan1
Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:39 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

Hi JLM, This may work...aptitude may need to be installed, the terminal should do that with your sudo y/n approval, then rerun the cmd's. chmod 644 /etc/mysql/my.cnf aptitude remove mysql-server aptitude install mysql-server aptitude install mysql-common found here >>>http://stackoverflow.com/questi...
by Manny Ramirez
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:01 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Switching from ATT to Comcast VoIP Phoneline
Replies: 2
Views: 5748

Re: Switching from ATT to Comcast VoIP Phoneline

... with your PBX as usual. If are looking for a real VOIP solution. Check out 3CX Phone System. This is a Windows based solution. There are many Linux flavors VOIP Server as well. You can use Broadvox as your VOIP provider, use Comcast to route calls in and out of the office and regular Internet ...
by drtech
Wed May 29, 2013 5:36 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

you should be able to do what you need. I am running Ubuntu 11 I think and mysql starts fine...I wonder why it isn't working for you.... Install Webmin also to config it...very useful.
by JLM
Tue May 28, 2013 7:25 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

Thanks for your replies! Things I discovered along the way that might help others (not that I was successful).... You cannot directly edit my.cnf anymore. You have to jump through hoops first. see: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-change-the-mysql-data-default-directory.html The real show stopper fo...
by jsalmon
Tue May 28, 2013 9:38 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

We have some general steps to help user install MySQL on Linux. You probably want to install MySQL 5.5 instead of 5.0 like the instructions say. Also know that we do not give Linux support. We will tell you things in theory and you will need to make ...
by Ralph McElmurry
Tue May 28, 2013 8:55 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

We ran servers on Ubuntu for several years. When OD went with a newer version of Mysql Ubuntu did not upgrade for a while so we had to go to Win7 servers. We gained significant aggravation and annoyance for our trouble.
by drtech
Mon May 27, 2013 8:10 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

I have been running MySQL on an UBUNTU server for years. Fantastic. Maybe I can write up a tutorial sometime...but it does take a bit of time...
by JLM
Mon May 27, 2013 10:13 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

Re: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

I gave up on the idea. Basically, MySQL on linux is a waste of time. As installed, MySQL is configured to *NOT* start at boot and *NOT* allow clients to connect to it and *NOT* allow you to specify a data directory other than the default. Hours ...
by JLM
Sat May 25, 2013 4:53 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?
Replies: 8
Views: 12095

How to install OpenDental trial to Linux server?

Can the trial install the database to a linux server running MySql? Or the full version? Is there a guide somewhere?

Jim Margarit
by jsalmon
Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:54 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: 12.4.54 takes so long to load up
Replies: 19
Views: 18501

Re: 12.4.54 takes so long to load up

... IP address of the server instead of it's name in the Choose Database window or you can add "skip-name-resolve" to MySQL's my.ini file (my.cnf for Linux servers). If you choose the my.ini file, make sure to stop and start the MySQL service for the setting to take affect.
by Justin Shafer
Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:26 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: XDR and MySQL
Replies: 4
Views: 6304

Re: XDR and MySQL

... should build it's database so the 2 databases can reside on a single mysql server??? But perhaps not.. Hmmm... Wonder how XDR would run on linux with samba and mysql... Should work.
by drtech
Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:49 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: XDR and MySQL
Replies: 4
Views: 6304

Re: XDR and MySQL

... engine...It installs on each workstation and then just uses the filesystem on your XDR share, but then your actual data can be stored on the linux server like we have it. Just share a folder (I put in as a subdirectory of my OD share on the linux server) and then it gets backed up with my ...
by tmv2
Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:31 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: XDR and MySQL
Replies: 4
Views: 6304

XDR and MySQL

Hi, I'm planning to get XDR. The sale rep told me that XDR needs to install its own MySQL on a Windows machine. Our OD's MySQL is on linux. I don't like the idea of maintaining 2 versions of MySQL on different OSes. For those who have XDR, what's your take on of having another MySQL installation ...
by bpcomp
Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:34 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: virtualbox question
Replies: 23
Views: 29799

Re: virtualbox question

I have done some research on this and we are using VMware to virtualize on top of Linux. After all my research, the conclusion I came to is that it is not a good idea to depend on snapshots for backup. They are a very useful feature when testing updates or trying ...
by bpcomp
Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:30 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Need help: "piress" MySQL virus
Replies: 2
Views: 4737

Re: Need help: "piress" MySQL virus

... by doing that rather than trying to clean the system out because I usually end up having to go back to that computer again anyway. Now I just run linux at home and run virtual machines when I need windows, makes it super easy to recover if something goes wrong.
by teethdood
Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:11 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: virtualbox question
Replies: 23
Views: 29799

Re: virtualbox question

... way back. When backing up a live virtualbox, make a snapshot first. Then you can just copy the directory where the virtualbox image resides. Under linux, you also need to copy the hidden ~./Virtualbox/virtualbox.xml file. Linux hosts require the virtualbox.xml file. Windows hosts don't need it.
by murmsk
Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:46 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: virtualbox question
Replies: 23
Views: 29799

virtualbox question

I am rebuilding my server and am considering a virtual windows machine running under linux.

Question, Can the virtual machine be backed up without shutting it down ?

steve
by jsalmon
Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:41 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Re: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

If the InfoBubbleDraw were to crash, I wouldn't expect it to crash at drawing the patient image based on the fact that the appointment module looks to have loaded just fine and it's utilizing a graphics library which is pretty much used to draw the entire schedule. The patient picture is our custom ...
by Justin Shafer
Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Re: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

Looking back I wonder if uncommenting this would help images.

//TreeDocuments.ContextMenu=null;

this OpenDentalImages folder does not contain patient images, if it had some for appointment pics, I bet it would crash as soon as it loads.. Or crash when you moved the mouse over the appointment...
by Justin Shafer
Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:22 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Re: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

... unless it requires something called xulrunner which is a firefox library... I do these things to make sure I still stay somewhat sharp on Linux. :D I gave it an icon in the Application, Other.. So it looks like it was really installed. :D haha I like your quote.
by jsalmon
Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Re: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

That's exciting. When I get some more free time I might try helping out. My initial interest is getting OpenDentBusiness to compile instead of having to use the pre-compiled dll. That project is very handy to have and to make changes in. I have yet to work with mono, do you have an idea why it won't...
by Justin Shafer
Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:31 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux
Replies: 7
Views: 21451

Open Dental 12.1 with Mono on Linux

Here are the code changes I made.. Compiled in Visual Studio. Run in linux like so. mono ./OpenDental.exe or just use binfmt which is another subject. Ran on Ubuntu 13.04 Alpha.. It WAS hanging on the splash screen. BreakPoints!!! Woot Woot! http://www.onsitedentalsystems.com/OD12.1.tar.bz2 ...
by Justin Shafer
Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:09 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

Let's see if OD can be compiled under Mono... Just for fun. No 3d Tooth Chart. I want to remove the libraries that won't work on arm.. and see if it will run.
by bcpayne
Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:18 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Unable to do backup for 12.3.42.0
Replies: 3
Views: 4510

Re: Unable to do backup for 12.3.42.0

I had this problem multiple times and it ended up being a file pemissions issue. If you are using linux to serve your mysql folder, i would say you probably have the same problem. Even if you have set up all the correct file permissions in the past, with new versions comes ...
by drtech
Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:59 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Need Networking HELP..
Replies: 35
Views: 53068

Re: Need Networking HELP..

I have had no network issues at all with OD. Lightning fast. We run an Ubuntu Linux server with static IP. DHCP on all the workstations. They are all Windows 7 and two Windows 8 machines. I would upgrade any xp's..as I think they can cause some network issues...not ...
by wjstarck
Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:24 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Database Maint Error
Replies: 6
Views: 6420

Re: Database Maint Error

While you're waiting for the fix, in the meantime couldn't you: 1) ****Backup your OD database***** 2) Quit MySQL on the Linux server 3) Rename schedule.frm, schedule.MYI and schedule.MYD to Schedule.frm, Schedule.MYI and Schedule.MYD respectively 4) Restart MySQL, open OD and run ...
by drtech
Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:03 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Database Maint Error
Replies: 6
Views: 6420

Database Maint Error

Tried to run DatabaseMaint OD 12.4.12 on Ubuntu Linux Server, got this error: opendental.Schedule not found looks like capitalization error maybe? Fix would be helpful as I have some ins check errors that need fixing... Thanks ********************************************************************************************************** ...
by teethdood
Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:41 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

I have been using Software Raid (Raid 1) on both windows and Linux on top of virtualization, thinking that this would give me more redundancy. Several hard drive failures later and lots of hair loss and nail biting, I cannot recommend software Raid anymore. ...
by bpcomp
Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:07 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

... and prepares the VM to be run on a different computer. I would recommend setting up a script that automates the backup overnight. I did this in linux with VMware workstation 8. In your setup I would look at creating a bat file (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-simple-batch-bat-file/) and running ...
by bpcomp
Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:17 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

... in the process of upgrading our office from Server 2003 to Server 2008. I'm also moving us to virtualization. I am using VMware Workstation with Linux as the host OS. I have written a bunch of batch scripts that backup the virtual machine every night to another computer on the network. Every ...
by drtech
Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:52 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: New computer setup with open dental
Replies: 5
Views: 7692

Re: New computer setup with open dental

... get a solid more expensive windows 7 system and a fast processor and disk. If you want a great server and have some computer experience, set us a linux server, but if you are 10 or fewer computers the peer to peer windows 7 system works great. I don't see any need to setup windows server for your ...
by pna
Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:02 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

... term support - 5 years) version . Main advantages that Amahi offers you on top of bare Ubuntu are minor, but quite handy even for experienced linux users. Amahi offers built-in Samba server to store your A-Z folders and simple Web based administration of your headless Ubuntu server.
by drtech
Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:58 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: DRBD Cluster
Replies: 7
Views: 12250

Re: DRBD Cluster

I would be interested in trying this out...I have lots of Linux experience, but no heartbeat or DRBD experience.
by bpcomp
Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:24 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Server Virtualization
Replies: 1
Views: 3832

Server Virtualization

We have decided to do some virtualization in our office. I decided to go with Linux for the host and Server 2008 for the guest operating system. I know I could do bare metal virtualization, but I decided not to because of cost issues and more importantly complexity. ...
by Justin Shafer
Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:02 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: DRBD Cluster
Replies: 7
Views: 12250

Re: DRBD Cluster

Just a whole lot of reading.. I have been toying with linux for like 15 years so drbd was a little easier to get going.. Feel free to pm me if you have anything your stuck on... 15 years went by to damn fast.
by Justin Shafer
Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:02 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: DRBD Cluster
Replies: 7
Views: 12250

Re: DRBD Cluster

Just a whole lot of reading.. I have been toying with linux for like 20 years so drbd was a little easier to get going.. Feel free to pm me if you have anything your stuck on...
by bcpayne
Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:50 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

... it was because i switched the machine from vmware to virtualbox. Maybe i haven't a reason to worry if i stay on one platform. I agree with pna. Linux is the way to go for an OD virtual server. If there was an easy to use distro with mysql5.5 preinstalled(ubuntu comes with 4) it would be cake. ...
by teethdood
Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:30 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

... machine (one of the biggest advantages of using a virtual machine from my perspective). Does any one else have experience with this? I mostly run linux on my virtual machines but wanted to set up a virtual windows machine for certain situations. I am getting ready to buy a full retail version($200-300) ...
by jordansparks
Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:06 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Web version progress
Replies: 22
Views: 35433

Re: Web version progress

... it needs to leverage all the existing C# code that we have already built. Our server installer and instructions will all assume Windows, not Linux.
by pna
Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:37 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

Well, for those who are not linuxophobic, it might be better to use virtualization with a Linux server, such as Ubuntu. I'd also recommend putting OD A-Z folders and MySQL database on a different virtual disk than rest of the OS, for easier backup and upgrades. For those ...
by pna
Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:13 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Web version progress
Replies: 22
Views: 35433

Re: Web version progress

... mean no more client installs? 2) no need to have IE/windows for clients? 3) Is the server going to be a J2EE appplication and be able to run on Linux? Thanks for this exciting news.
by bcpayne
Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:20 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Howto - Server Virtualization
Replies: 39
Views: 60014

Re: Howto - Server Virtualization

... machine (one of the biggest advantages of using a virtual machine from my perspective). Does any one else have experience with this? I mostly run linux on my virtual machines but wanted to set up a virtual windows machine for certain situations. I am getting ready to buy a full retail version($200-300) ...
by Manny Ramirez
Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:26 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental Cluster (dual servers)!
Replies: 22
Views: 33811

Re: Open Dental Cluster (dual servers)!

... he has a single machine running Windows more then likely ? with VMware Workstation hosting three guest virtual machines . Two VMS running Linux (used to replicate/clustering a single database), and a XP workstation. In this scenario, If one virtual server goes down, the other one takes ...
by SpeedGP
Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:06 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: DRBD Cluster
Replies: 7
Views: 12250

Re: DRBD Cluster

I've tried using DRDB a coupe times.... all with failure. I only have a limited (decent) understanding of linux, and I could never get the drives to sync.

If you've got this down, that is AWESOME! It sounds to be a very powerful application.


Any tips/tricks?
by Justin Shafer
Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:42 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental Cluster (dual servers)!
Replies: 22
Views: 33811

Not using MySQL Cluster guys.

... is listening on a virtual ip address provided by Heartbeat. Table length problem is not a problem with this setup. DRBD was accepted into the Linux Kernel and is now apart of Suse Enterprise Linux. I would not use the GFS (RedHar Cluster Filesystem) or OCFS2 (Oracle) FileSystems and the Dual ...
by Justin Shafer
Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:24 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: DRBD Cluster
Replies: 7
Views: 12250

Re: DRBD Cluster

... can run on top of the arrays. 2. Heartbeat\Corosync. What this service does is control DRBD, and say MySQL, and Samba (Windows File-Sharing for linux, mac, unix) Heartbeat will run on both computers, and one computer will be assigned the task of being the "server".. which means one computer ...
by Justin Shafer
Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:27 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... Then all you have to worry about are the files on the fileshares... I am going to do this for fun instead of mysql dumps... I have done this with linux with heartbeat and drbd.. But I want a windows solution that runs a cluster... ie when a server goes down the other server has all the data that ...
by Justin Shafer
Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:18 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: 3D tooth chart under linux
Replies: 26
Views: 42500

Re: 3D tooth chart under linux

Well I decided to play with this some more... I used PlayOnMac... Good wine program.. OpenDental draws slowly because of gdiplus. Wine needs gdiplus builtin to wine, is not good enough for dotnet and opendental. The gdiplus native option are the files from windows which works, but its slow. As soon ...
by Ralph McElmurry
Thu May 10, 2012 9:04 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... drives. The production server backs up to the other nightly and also to a muscular work station elsewhere in the office. Both rack servers are Linux running character based only with MySQL. The images files are shared to workstations with Samba. The Vixwin xray data has a similar scheme. All ...
by mikemee
Thu May 10, 2012 8:01 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

1. What software do you use to make backups? As its a Linux box, we use the standard rsync utility. It simply does an efficient copy from the source to the backup drive. Drive space is cheap and rsync is fast, so there's no attempt to compress or make ...
by mikemee
Wed May 09, 2012 9:21 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

Do you know of any other Open Sourced Server operating systems? Sorry, missed this part. Most open sourced servers are variants of *nix (Linux, Unix). Personally, I would use whatever the hardware vendor was offering, as it will be something that they've heavily tested the drivers and overall ...
by mikemee
Wed May 09, 2012 8:37 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... said, I wouldn't recommend running MySQL on a USB drive (though it might work just fine!). As a further fwiw addendum, they're running CentOS (Linux) on their server. This saved a bunch of money on a Windows Server license, removed hassles with updates and has been super stable. It has various ...
by Manny Ramirez
Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:50 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: use Synology NAS to host open dental database as spare
Replies: 11
Views: 18525

Re: use Synology NAS to host open dental database as spare

... as cracking the box open and adding a disk. Once you have a second disk then it is Windows as usual. No need to have the staff learing Freenas or Linux :mrgreen: In the long run, this can also make your troubleshooting process much simpler. I really don't think the support team is really trained ...
by bcpayne
Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:41 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: use Synology NAS to host open dental database as spare
Replies: 11
Views: 18525

Re: use Synology NAS to host open dental database as spare

... the risk of errors due to network hiccups. I also tried installing freeNAS on a pc with plans to add MySQL to it. Unfortunately this surpassed my Linux knowledge so I gave up. My next plan is to build a good window 7 machine and to run a virtual freeNAS machine on it, to avoid the network folder ...
by bcpayne
Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:51 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: use Synology NAS to host open dental database as spare
Replies: 11
Views: 18525

Re: use Synology NAS to host open dental database as spare

... server several times a day. No Thanks. I couldn't find a way to update the MySQL server on the device, or any NAS for that matter. If you are a Linux guru, then you could probably make it happen, but I'm just a dabbler in Linux. If it's not a double-clickable install file, then I probably can't ...
by kdna
Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:37 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Extract Daily Schedule
Replies: 4
Views: 8496

Re: Extract Daily Schedule

... a developer actually. My skillset includes html5, css3, js, jquery, php, mysql, bbdev, mongodb, github etc. Figured Out I needed to Install Apache Linux, then call my php script just like in web app dev I will need to spend some time looking at the db architecture to create the queries I need. ...
by jimgaas
Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:35 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... due to pressure from people who know the importance of getting a backup to work on different hardware. You have always been able to do this in Linux. So the bottom line on quick recovery from losing your server is this, clone your server hard disk drive (do not use the original drive in the ...
by Manny Ramirez
Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Thinking Virtual
Replies: 4
Views: 7395

Re: Thinking Virtual

... can get a free account at AWS. They include a basic package so you can start using their system and play :P . You can create a mini instance of Linux and up to 5G of Amazon S3 storage at no charge. Check it out. Maybe Open Dental will one day create an Amazon EC2 Instant ready to deploy :) The ...
by Justin Shafer
Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:53 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Thinking Virtual
Replies: 4
Views: 7395

Re: Thinking Virtual

... Manny... Do you live in South America?? Did you used to live in DFW? Virtual Servers are cool, I have used Hyper-V Cluster and Vmware ESX and HA, Linux Heartbeat with (insert service here, mysql or vmware).. But I just don't do it for dental offices. Don't know why. I think its easier on Open ...
by Justin Shafer
Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:48 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Ways of viewing X-rays on an Android Tablet.
Replies: 6
Views: 7220

Ways of viewing X-rays on an Android Tablet.

... app. It works. Also free. You can tell it to exclude and include folders on the filesystem to show. And when you mount a network share with linux,ipad,android, etc.. they appear as folders on the local filesystem. This is called a SMB Mount or a CIFS Mount. Root privileges required. http://s15.postimage.org/5g27sfv4r/Screenshot_2012_03_08_07_34_52.png ...
by jimgaas
Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:44 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... you your drive is junk and has to be reformatted. This happened to me. My motherboard went bad and the only thing I could make read my disk was Linux. Linux saw it right away and all the data on it. This was a windows disk and no windows operating system could not see anything on the disk. If ...
by teethdood
Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:31 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

Re: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... if total server loss and scrambling around. Lots of time needed figuring it out initially. Personally I have #3 and #4 implemented (I actually use Linux RAID but the idea is the same). For your everyday office, I would suggest going with #1. If you're a tinkerer, then do #2 or #3 and/or #4 .
by igotacavity
Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:18 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?
Replies: 60
Views: 319580

What is your "Oh no my server crashed" plan?

... If the server crashes, then restore image to the standby computer. Seems like the least complicated and cheapest way. Things like Windows 2008 and Linux clusters are out of the question. That is an overkill for a practice, and they require a lot of nurturing and making sure everything is working ...
by Jay
Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:23 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backup on home computer
Replies: 30
Views: 28190

Re: Backup on home computer

... What is really attractive to me is that using Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) under Windows or the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) under Linux it can backup a "hot database". Meaning I can backup OD and Paterson Imaging without stopping SQL or paying for an enterprise level program like ...
by bpcomp
Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:09 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Backup on home computer
Replies: 30
Views: 28190

Re: Backup on home computer

... What is really attractive to me is that using Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) under Windows or the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) under Linux it can backup a "hot database". Meaning I can backup OD and Paterson Imaging without stopping SQL or paying for an enterprise level program like ...
by jordansparks
Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:43 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Mac: Parallels vs VMware Fusion?
Replies: 16
Views: 28820

Re: Mac: Parallels vs VMware Fusion?

... just a computer virus trying to con you into installing it. We didn't get a true server until we hit 30 computers. We got around the limit with a Linux file share. There is no limit for the MySql database, so it's always been on Windows. Now we have 12+ servers. It's only the first one that seems ...
by jimgaas
Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:35 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick
Replies: 5
Views: 13247

Re: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick

... Even if you have a clone of your disk with every single bit of data, including network settings, it is no good on different hardware. A Linux clone will run on totally different hardware. I run the same Linux disk on different computers commonly. If your computer goes down, you just ...
by stjames70
Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:32 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick
Replies: 5
Views: 13247

Re: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick

... the hardware is fairly dependable, and since hackers tend to spend their time fabricating viruses for Wintel boxes, the Mac is a bit safer. Linux is great, but not very user friendly (at least not to me). Support is scarce unless you are really into it, and even MacOSX has a wider user base. ...
by jimgaas
Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:27 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick
Replies: 5
Views: 13247

Re: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick

... the work stations. I know this would be much easier in Windows Server products but I would really like to be able to run this whole system under Linux in MySQL or Sybase. It would have much greater portability in Linux if I had to change hardware. If I lost a motherboard under Windows Server, ...
by teethdood
Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:03 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick
Replies: 5
Views: 13247

Re: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick

... Take it with copious amounts of salt. My existing setup consists of windows 7 clients connecting to VirtualBox Guest OS windows server 2008/Ubuntu Linux Host. It works very well for me. However I think it is overly complex. Windows server 2008 is not cheap. The extra features unnecessary. I just ...
by jimgaas
Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:19 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick
Replies: 5
Views: 13247

Virtualization vs Hyper V and help with Schick

... transport to new hardware as possible. Because of MS security, you can't just move a disk from one computer to another and run it like you can in Linux. For that reason, I love the idea that many of you are using, namely running a Windows Server guest in a virtual machine, especially a Linux host. ...
by jordansparks
Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:51 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Web version
Replies: 23
Views: 37565

Web version

... office, and the web version while away from the office. It will work on all browsers, operating systems, and devices. This will include Windows, Linux, Mac, iPad, Android, and smart phones. Wish us luck.
by jimgaas
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:53 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Re: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

This is fantastic!
I installed OD on Ubuntu 11.10 running in Virtualbox with a Windows 7 host.
I am having some graphics issues but it does run.
Great work! I love it.
by teethdood
Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:17 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: iPads and the like
Replies: 25
Views: 51325

Re: iPads and the like

I was under the impression logmein is just like RDC. I will look into logmein and YAPI as suggested.
Wjstarck: I'm running windows PCs with Linux server/virtualized windows server.
by Justin Shafer
Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:19 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Re: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

Drawing is slow with VMWare 8.. Much faster on a real pc that supports OpenGL. I have found the chart is faster with opengl and wine. You should run glxgears and glxinfo to make sure opengl is working. Load OD, go to File and Graphics... Choose OpenGL, hardware acceleration and double buffering. I t...
by Justin Shafer
Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:25 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Re: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

I should be working! I know I have something to do! :)
by wjstarck
Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:14 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Re: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

I like it when you get bored.

Fun things happen :D
by Justin Shafer
Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:08 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Re: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

I added a file that is on the desktop or your home folder, its a unity launcher that executes OpenDental with wine.. Drag it to the launcher and then you can easiy rerun OpenDental.. even gave it an icon. :D Someone give it a whirl, you will be surprised it works.. http://www.onsitedentalsystems.com...
by Justin Shafer
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:32 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Re: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

another way to do this would be:

Go To Terminal:

wget http://66.147.226.202/odtrial
sudo chmod 777 odtrial
./odtrial
by Justin Shafer
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:23 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 7645

Open Dental 11 Trial on Linux

Dont use this in a production enviroment unless your ready to assume the risk and consequences. This is more for fun. If it doesn't sound fun, DON'T DO IT! Install Ubuntu 11.10 (or thats what this was tested on) Here is a script to make it easy.. For fun. The database and binary files are taken fro...
by arun650
Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:10 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: New user having install problems on XP
Replies: 10
Views: 11211

Re: New user having install problems on XP

... Instance Configuration Wizard # # # Installation Instructions # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # # On Linux you can copy this file to /etc/my.cnf to set global options, # mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options # (@localstatedir@ for this ...
by Justin Shafer
Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:18 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: command line for OD backup
Replies: 6
Views: 11027

Re: command line for OD backup

... folder. For transferring data I like rsync, which for windows to windows I either use deltacopy (rsync wrapper with a gui) and hamachi or cygwin (linux commands and shell in windows) and hamachi.. Example: @ECHO OFF for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date/t') do ( set dw=%%a set mm=%%b set ...
by ForrestGumpDDS
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:19 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

... regardless of platform it is hosted. Right now it is planned by my friend to have an admin computer with Win7+OD and remotely connected server linux+mysql. Possibility of bug happening time to time that affects capitalization module and has a predictable and simple fix, but might repeat time ...
by jordansparks
Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:36 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

The capitalization issue can be solved easily. You can add a server variable to your my.ini file (or whatever you guys call it in Linux) to treat tables as case sensitive. So then that behavior would be the same on both platforms. But we also work very hard on capitalization within the ...
by drtech
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:33 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

Yes, I am happy to help anytime I can. And as far as I know Jordan and his team will give you the same support for OD for anyone on a linux server as a windows server, just not MySQL...but the issue is every once in a while we find there is a bug with OD server communicating with a Linux ...
by ForrestGumpDDS
Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:21 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

As Jordan said, if you want easy, use windows...if you want more power and better backup, use linux. If you are comfortable running linux and don't need server support, then I would by all means recommend using it. I have been running Ubuntu for years now and love it ...
by ForrestGumpDDS
Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:57 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

1. Linux server installations can't receive the same level of support because our remote connection software doesn't work and we don't have the resources to figure out alternatives. It's very handy to have OD itself on the ...
by drtech
Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:45 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

As Jordan said, if you want easy, use windows...if you want more power and better backup, use linux. If you are comfortable running linux and don't need server support, then I would by all means recommend using it. I have been running Ubuntu for years now and love it (besides ...
by jordansparks
Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:17 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Re: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

1. Linux server installations can't receive the same level of support because our remote connection software doesn't work and we don't have the resources to figure out alternatives. It's very handy to have OD itself on the ...
by ForrestGumpDDS
Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:19 pm
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD
Replies: 9
Views: 10222

Technical q.'s on setting up a new office with OD

... machine. How much space for data? How fast should CPU be, what's a minimal requirements and suggested size of memory? He suggests I should use linux on server side, it is only going to host MySQL initially, maybe some services (like VPN and proxy servers) later. I am absolutely comfortable ...
by ki0ak
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:41 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

... As you can see, this is somewhat complex, one of the main reasons we supply the grant tables in the first place and discourage switching to Linux. Thanks for your help, Jordan.
by jordansparks
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:37 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

... As you can see, this is somewhat complex, one of the main reasons we supply the grant tables in the first place and discourage switching to Linux.
by ki0ak
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:30 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

You need to add a user called root@% Hi Jordan. I did this and continue to get the connection error message originally posted. Thanks for pointing that out by the way - I had read that page in the online manual but had not read into it enough to realize that user needed to be created. Interestingly...
by ki0ak
Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:14 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

You need to add a user called root@% Hi Jordan. I did this and continue to get the connection error message originally posted. Thanks for pointing that out by the way - I had read that page in the online manual but had not read into it enough to realize that user needed to be created. Interestingly...
by ki0ak
Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:56 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

... Thanks for this - I was unaware of the WebMin utility. Quite handy. I'm curious as to why you are migrating from Windows Server 2008 to Ubuntu Linux. Hi Philip. We've experienced intermittent "locking up" of OpenDental (and only OpenDental). We're a small office (3 workstations and the server) ...
by teethdood
Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:31 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

I'm curious as to why you are migrating from Windows Server 2008 to Ubuntu Linux. I'm running Windows Server 2008 on top of Ubuntu as a Virtual Machine, so I can switch quite easily. Just want to know why you think it's advantageous to ditch windows server completely.
by drtech
Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:50 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

easiest thing to do is to setup WebMin on your Ubuntu server and then you can edit those settings really easily and keep on top of your server. I have lots of experience in this area as I have run my officer server using Ubuntu now for about 5 years...let me know if you need any help..
by jordansparks
Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:04 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Re: Question on migration to Linux

http://www.opendental.com/manual/passwordsmysql.html
You need to add a user called root@%
In other words, you currently only allow root@localhost is already present, but there is no way for users from other workstations to connect.
by ki0ak
Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:05 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: Question on migration to Linux
Replies: 8
Views: 10179

Question on migration to Linux

... "search" feature, here or the online manual. I am interested in migrating an existing OpenDental installation from a Windows Server 2008 server to Linux (Ubuntu) and am having trouble with the MySQL portion. I've copied the tables (after chown/chgrp to mysql/mysql) to /var/lib/mysql/opendental ...