Startup in EmulationMode for Dummies required

[fausto]

I would like to get this going but would prefer to leave my GBPVR server machine getting its IP address from the DHCP server/router, so.....

I make a file with notepad called "dongle.bin.config" which contains a single line "mvpmc --startup emulate --emulate ? &" in it.

Is that correct?

Then, where do I put this file? I've tried C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\Dongle and C:\MVPMC but neither works. :confused: What have I missed?

[cakes]

I think your file is correct.
It should be in c:\mvmpc, but you need to create a share on this folder called 'mvpmc' AND you need to give access to the guest account twice: once on the folder, and once on the share

If in trouble, this thread says it all and gives some debug instructions:
http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=24372

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Your config file could look like this:

mvpmc --emulate ? --startup emulate

The config file should be name dongle.bin.config and it should be placed in a share with the name mvpmc. This share needs to have the Guest account enabled. I believe there are some post on this share and Guest account on this forum. Good luck!

[mvallevand]

The order of the command line options is not important and neither is the physical location of the dongle.bin.config file on server as long as the share name is mvpmc.

However it is important is that the IP of your GBPVR server be the same as what the previous one stored in flash memory. If you have a model H MVP that is not an issue, but with the older models you are going to have difficulty if the DHCP assigned IP of the GBPVR server changes. Static IP's are strongly recommended.

Martin

[fausto]

Thanks for the replies.

I had already allowed sharing on the folder C:\MVPMC and checked the "Allow network users to change my files" box, but, I don't understand this bit:

AND you need to give access to the guest account twice: once on the folder, and once on the share

What do people mean when they say "the share". Do they mean the folder itself or the conditions set on the shared folder? :confused:

First I had to enable the guest account as it was turned off, but even then I don't see any options to give "guest" any special permissions to any specific folders

My MediaMVP is rev H4 so dynamic IP on the MVPserver is OK?

As suggested in the thread I telneted into the MVP and got this:

# mount.cifs //10.0.0.6/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o username=guest,ro
Password:
mount error 22 = Invalid argument

Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
#

If I have interpreted this correctly, it seems to want a password but I have not got a passwort on the guest account and I don't see any way of applying or changing the guest account in XP. I tried "guest" and I tried nothing but got the same message both times. Help!

[cakes]

When you right click on c:\mvpmc in windows explorer, you can define access rights on the folder via the tab 'security', and you can define access rights to the share via the tab 'sharing'. On that tab there is a button 'permissions'.

[fausto]

When you right click on c:\mvpmc in windows explorer, you can define access rights on the folder via the tab 'security', and you can define access rights to the share via the tab 'sharing'. On that tab there is a button 'permissions'.

I see a sharing tab but no security tab.

[mvallevand]

It sounds like you might be confusing the guest account and guest share access. Are you following the steps on the wiki page http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/Loadconfig as suggested on the very first message on the first sticky?

Martin

[fausto]

I think I made some progress. I believe I should have used the GBPVR PC's IP address and not the MVP's IP address in the mount.cifs command.


When I did I got this:


# # mount.cifs //10.0.0.9/mvpmc /etc/mvpmc -o username=guest.ro
#
#
# ls -lt /etc/dongle.config
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Dec 31 18:00 /etc/dongle.config
# cat /etc/dongle.config
#

So the file /etc/dongle.config exists but is zero length i.e. empty.
What does this mean? Where do I go from there?

[mvallevand]

You are looking in the wrong folder. You mounted the share to /etc/mvpmc so use

ls /etc/mvpmc

/etc/dongle.config gets copied from dongle.bin.config during the boot sequence.

Martin