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There surely has to be a better solution
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Might be a similar thing to the problem with the solaris nfs server ... i think you should wait until the nfs version bump (i have done many improvements to the xbmc code and the libnfs dev also did improvements). And then you might recheck. I don't have a freebsd here for testing this :/. And of course no ETA when it will come to the version bump (still minor issues in new features for nfs...)
And the superduper debug mode isn't existent afaik. All errors have been logged to the xbmc.log. So i bet it is something similar to the solaris thing where directorys where wrongly detected as files...
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Hello,
It is been weeks I try to setup NFS on my Snow Leopard to prevent the Lion Samba loss. I read the forum, the wiki, other articles on internet, on every attempt XMBC could not access to the NFS share and then crashes.
I tried command lines and NFS Manager. I can not test my share because I have not any other unix machine at home.
So before posting logs and logs and asking for help, I have another question: why nfs must be manually entered in XMBC ?
and not with a friendly GUI as smb ?
Will there be a clear written method on the subject ?
I will soon have the "Installing Lion dilemma" ... but I am sure you will find a solution. I have read a lot of good thing about NFS, compare to SMB, but I can not manage to make it works ...
In case of a huge mistake from me ... My share is:
/Users/Benjamin/Movies/iWatchTV -alldirs -ro
NFS manager makes the other stuff.
showmount -e:
/Users/Benjamin/Movies/iWatchTV Everyone
I try to access it via:
nfs://192.168.0.3/Users/Benjamin/Movies/iWatchTV
and XBMC "can not access to the directory" and crashes ...
Thanks !
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1. I need a log file for helping you
2. Yes it will be more userfriendly in the future..
AppleTV4/iPhone/iPod/iPad: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much:
click here
HowTo setup NFS for Kodi:
NFS (wiki)
HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf):
Avahi_Zeroconf (wiki)
READ THE IOS FAQ!:
iOS FAQ (wiki)
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So. Then let me give you all a little info on WIP according to NFS. I've worked out some improvements and the libnfs dev also did some nice stuff for us beeing more comfortable.
* reduce number of mount requests to a minimum (increase performance on directory browsing)
* add dns name resolution (so at least dns resolvable names can be used in nfs urls)
* make nfs code in xbmc more robust to wrong configuration of url's or shutdown nfs servers
* libnfs: increased performance on read requests
* libnfs: fetch a list with exported filesystems from the server
* libnfs: fetch a list with all nfs servers inside one subnet.
* libnfs: compatibilityfix for solaris nfs servers
So this means in the next libnfs / xbmc version you even don't need to setup the nfs url. It will be just as simple as browsing the network for samba servers then. There is no ETA since i'm working together with the libnfs dev here who is busy during the week. So we have to sync on weekends.
AppleTV4/iPhone/iPod/iPad: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much:
click here
HowTo setup NFS for Kodi:
NFS (wiki)
HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf):
Avahi_Zeroconf (wiki)
READ THE IOS FAQ!:
iOS FAQ (wiki)
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darkscout - the improved read which will be in the next libnfs version does something more effective. It splitsthe read request in multiple parallel running reads and waits until all chunks are received on the server. This should be the most efficient way of reading from nfs and it also takes the rsize of the server into account.
Changing that size in the advancedsettings could lead to crash (my nfs server only allows 32k wsize - writing more then that at once would make the nfs connection go crazy)
AppleTV4/iPhone/iPod/iPad: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much:
click here
HowTo setup NFS for Kodi:
NFS (wiki)
HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf):
Avahi_Zeroconf (wiki)
READ THE IOS FAQ!:
iOS FAQ (wiki)
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-n option was added.
When I have time I will post complete logs.
Speaking of the wiki, when I use the chown command as describe, my main account lost write right. There might be an error there.
As I said, before posting I tried the entire forum / wiki and other sources. And I can not fin d my mistake.