Config not loading

[Khurram]

I am trying to load a config on the mvpmc, but am getting nowhere. My config is as follows:

mkdir /winshares;
mkdir /winshares/mp3s;
mount.cifs //<ip>/mp3s /winshares/mp3s/ -o user=<user>,password=<pwd>,rsize=34000;
mvpmc --vlc <ip> --emulate <ip> --startup emulate &

These commands work okay if I telnet to the MVP. I have created an mvpmc share on my machine and given the guest account read access. But the config is still not loading. I have the correct ip in /etc/tftp.config. I keep on getting a file if I telnet to MVP and type "ls -lt /etc/dongle.config". The mvpmc wiki says that this means I have an error in the command line, but I cant figure it out. I am also attaching the log.

Thanks.

[mvallevand]

That does look ok, if you

cat /etc/dongle.config

do you see the correct file?

Martin

[Khurram]

Wow, fast reply. The /etc/dongle.config file is empty.

Thanks.

[mvallevand]

That sounds like you don't have the correct share permissions on the dongle.bin.config file or the share itself. You should see the remote drive and dongle.bin.config when you do this

ls /etc/mvpmc

Martin

[Khurram]

I do have a share called mvpmc, the user guest has all permissions on both the physical folder and the share, and the folder's file (dongle.bin.config) inherit permissions. Everything seems to be in place, but it still doesnt work

The only thing that I can think of is that I dont use Simple File Sharing. So if that is what is required for it to work, then I guess I have to forget about it.

[Khurram]

Is it the loading of the config only possible using the guest account? After telnetting to the MediaMVP, I can use another (non-guest) account to mount the mvpmc share without problems. If so, can I specify a user name/password to use for accessing the mvpmc share?

[mvallevand]

The only way that would be possible would be by compiling your own dongle.bin file. If you have a linux machine with a development environment it is not actually not that difficult since the process is automated.

Martin

[Khurram]

Yes, I do have a ubuntu machine. Where do I get info on obtaining the sources?

Edit:

I have been reading up on mvpmc wiki, especially this link http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/developer.compile

I am getting the dependencies now. Lets see how it compiles on Gutsy. Can you please tell me where I need to make the edits in the source?

Thanks.

[mvallevand]

Good luck, once you have the cross compiler built it won't be too bad but that first couple of hours is a pain.

The file is

dongle/filesystem/tree/etc/rcS

change line 209

mount.cifs "//${TFTP}/mvpmc" /etc/mvpmc -o guest,ro ;

to

mount.cifs "//${TFTP}/mvpmc" /etc/mvpmc -o username=xxxx,password=xxxx,ro ;

Technically you can build your entire config file in rcS and you don't need a config file at all.

Martin

[Khurram]

Thanks for your help. I will try it out and post back here.

I think there might be another way thru NFS file sharing if I use cygwin+nfs. Does the guest restriction apply to nfs shares also?