Updated and somehow busted my setup - PCH hangs

[wtg]

I'm not sure what I did, and even more upsetting, I'm not sure how to fix it.

I updated to 2.1.4 recently and that went so swimmingly, I updated the NMT software too running the latest installer, then things went south. From the installer, I disabled the "Install/Update NextPVR" option and continued. Install says it completed fine, but every time I have the PCH attempt to load mvpmc, it hangs with a white screen and:

Mount //192.168.1.50/mvpmc i

on the screen. The IP address and the share name are correct. I don't know what the little "i" afterwards is all about.

I did by chance happen to install some Windows 7 updates around the same time, so I've thought perhaps that process screwed something up with my share, but if so I can't figure out what.

The share still exists and still allows full guest access. The share scripts are all there, and while my npvr.cgi script does show it was touched - based on the date modified - I don't notice anything that was changed. I load mvpmcx2 automatically via an index.htm and that still starts npvr.cgi fine, but of course hangs as shown above. The mount command in npvr.cgi appears as follows:
mount -t cifs //192.168.1.50/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o username=root,rw

I've tried username=guest and even hard-coded a userid and password too... no luck.

The firewall rules still exist for NextPVR and NRecord. In fact, I disabled the firewall completely just to be sure that wasn't it, but no luck.

Having re-run the installer a couple times now, I know the first time I ran it I did NOT put in the mac address suffix, clicking too quickly to notice I was asked for it. I've since removed the partial mac mvp settings from the config.xml and re-run with the correct MAC address. If there's anything else my first run might have screwed up, I can't find it.

Any suggestions as to how and fix things again? Admittedly, things have been working so well for so long, I'm sure I've forgotten a few things to check. It really seems like it's the mount command that's failing though and I can't figure out why it's not working all of a sudden.

Thanks,
Tim

[mvallevand]

If you turned on Win7 Live or Live Essentials you might have lost the ability to mount. Check to see they are disable. If not copy the contents of an NMT Syntax check (enter the IP of your PCH) and I will have a look.

Martin

[wtg]

Will do, Martin... thanks.

While I was waiting I decided to look into some other things on my PC. Plugged a microphone into the wrong port, PC rebooted and now Windows won't load... ugh! Should have stayed in bed.

[wtg]

I got the PC back up again and checked for Windows Live and Live Essentials services running. The only related service I found was "Windows Live ID Sign-In Assistant" running. I stopped it but no luck. Any other suggestions? It seems like more debugging might be available if I could get telnet running on the PCH. I imagine it could be loaded from the PCH hard drive instead of the mounted share, right. I'm not really familiar with the PCH file system myself but I'm about to do some more reading to make that happen. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[mvallevand]

A few things to try

1. delete mvpcmx2 and install it again. You can't just drag and drop a new mvpcmx2 into a folder since Windows doesn't give it the correct share permissions.

2. if you are using Jaggy's scripts maybe rename the index so it doesn't autoload.

3. upload the contents of NMT Syntax check as I wrote before.

You can install mvpmcx2 onto a USB drive and just run from there and avoid the mount, it also installs telnet for further debugging.

Martin