Linux SMB problems XBMCbuntu

PogMoThoin · 2012-03-31 20:18

A fresh install of XBMCbuntu final worked for a few days, now it doesn't see samba shares on my network anymore. Ubuntu laptop sees them and works fine. Anyone any ideas?

wiz561 · 2012-03-31 22:52

Try to go into the context menu and hit "update" or "scan for updates". See if that makes a difference. For reasons unknown, sometimes my samba connection is dropped and this fixes it.

PogMoThoin · 2012-04-01 00:23

(2012-03-31 22:52)wiz561 Wrote: Try to go into the context menu and hit "update" or "scan for updates". See if that makes a difference. For reasons unknown, sometimes my samba connection is dropped and this fixes it.

Please explain a little better, context menu where? XBMC or XBMCbuntu? In XBMC I only see update library which doesn't work as none of my smb shares are visible

PogMoThoin · 2012-04-01 16:25

Ended up reinstalling XBMCbuntu to get this working as I wanted to watch some media. Hopefully it won't go tits up again. I'll be back if it does

Plaguester · 2012-04-01 18:49

I found that the general performance of my shares was much better (40MB/s to 25MB/s) if I added them as permanently mounted shares.

Open a terminal

Code:

# make folders where the shares will be mounted

$ sudo mkdir -p /server/movies

# replace vi with your favorite editor (nano or gedit are easier for beginners)

$ sudo vi /etc/fstab

Add a new line (replace "<user>" with the user that should have read/write access; "xbmc" or "dave" will work):

Code:

...

# Server Shares (this line assumes your share requires user/password credentials

//192.168.1.100/movies /server/movies  cifs    rw,cred=/etc/samba/user,uid=<user>,gid=<user>,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 0  0

# this line skips the username and password

//192.168.1.100/movies /server/movies  cifs    rw,guest,uid=<user>,gid=<user>,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 0  0

If you need the username and password, here's how you set up the credentials file:

Code:

$ sudo vi /etc/samba/user

username=user

password=pa$$word!

# this is important as it makes the file only readable by root

$ sudo chmod 600 /etc/samba/user

Lastly:

Code:

# flip the switch

$ sudo mount -a

# If you get errors about the type "cifs" not existing, do this and then reboot

$ sudo apt-get install smbfs

Edited for completeness.

wiz561 · 2012-04-01 23:33

Ah, yes, you can do what Plaguester said. I'd actually recommend going that route. I had issues with the samba before and it loosing the connection too. I forgot, but I think in the end, I just mapped the drive in fstab.

PogMoThoin · 2012-04-01 23:45

Will do this tomorrow, thanks folks

tooner · 2012-05-01 14:34

Hi
I'm having problems with SMB also. When I try to access network shares it just doesn't work. I've tried mount -cifs and also editing the fstab. When I try to look for shares from within XBMC it doesn't see any of the Windows PCs on my LAN. There are shares on two computers which can both be accessed anonymously from this computer when using Windows7. It's a brand new install of XBMCBuntu with updates installed during install. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance
tooner

tooner · 2012-05-01 15:42

I managed to resolve my issue. Here's a couple of links that might come in useful:

Mapping shares with spaces

Cannot allocate memory error

dandirk · 2012-05-01 17:43

I just ran into a similar issue though it had to do with me monkeying with my router, which caused name resolution issues.

Not that is was a factor here, since the OP did say his other linux laptop worked, just didn't mention by ip or name...

Just FYI, I have found xbmc and windows network names to always be a trouble (though vastly improved with recent versions).

PogMoThoin Senior Member Posts: 161 Joined: Oct 2011 Reputation: 1	2012-03-31 20:18 Post: #1 A fresh install of XBMCbuntu final worked for a few days, now it doesn't see samba shares on my network anymore. Ubuntu laptop sees them and works fine. Anyone any ideas?
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wiz561 Senior Member Posts: 182 Joined: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-03-31 22:52 Post: #2 Try to go into the context menu and hit "update" or "scan for updates". See if that makes a difference. For reasons unknown, sometimes my samba connection is dropped and this fixes it.
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PogMoThoin Senior Member Posts: 161 Joined: Oct 2011 Reputation: 1	2012-04-01 16:25 Post: #4 Ended up reinstalling XBMCbuntu to get this working as I wanted to watch some media. Hopefully it won't go tits up again. I'll be back if it does (This post was last modified: 2012-04-01 16:25 by PogMoThoin.)
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wiz561 Senior Member Posts: 182 Joined: Feb 2009 Reputation: 0	2012-04-01 23:33 Post: #6 Ah, yes, you can do what Plaguester said. I'd actually recommend going that route. I had issues with the samba before and it loosing the connection too. I forgot, but I think in the end, I just mapped the drive in fstab.
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PogMoThoin Senior Member Posts: 161 Joined: Oct 2011 Reputation: 1	2012-04-01 23:45 Post: #7 Will do this tomorrow, thanks folks
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tooner Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: May 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-01 15:42 Post: #9 I managed to resolve my issue. Here's a couple of links that might come in useful: Mapping shares with spaces Cannot allocate memory error
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