Just rebuilt my workstation [PC02] with the latest pclinuxos release 2009.1 GNOME.

Three machines ...
PC01 is LAMP server ... running on pclos 2007
PC02 is pclos 2009.1 workstation ...
PC03 is WINXP ws

PC02 has no problems seeing SAMBA shares from PCO3, nor does it have any problems MOUNTING the NFS shared directory from PC01 ....

however, after mounting the NFS share it is never visible in the GUI???

no matter what i try ... ????

All services are running on the client [PC02] ... portmap, nfs, etc

[root@lnxws02 ~]# rpcinfo -p
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper
100000 2 udp 111 portmapper
100024 1 udp 48723 status
100024 1 tcp 39769 status
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100003 3 udp 2049 nfs
100003 4 udp 2049 nfs
100021 1 udp 42011 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 42011 nlockmgr
100021 4 udp 42011 nlockmgr
100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs
100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs
100021 1 tcp 53177 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 53177 nlockmgr
100021 4 tcp 53177 nlockmgr
100005 1 udp 49395 mountd
100005 1 tcp 39296 mountd
100005 2 udp 49395 mountd
100005 2 tcp 39296 mountd
100005 3 udp 49395 mountd
100005 3 tcp 39296 mountd



and the NFS share is mounted

[root@lnxws02 ~]# mount -f

.
.
lnxlamp:/var/www on /mnt/www type nfs (rw,user=root,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,addr=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)
.
.


BUT it appears nowhere under PLACES in the GUI?????


and ideas???

Thanks

Rfah

You don't see it under /var/www/ ?

Well of course i can see it on the workstation if i go to:

Computer >> File System >> mnt >> www

indeed, the files on the NFS server are there ... and of course they should be because that is where i mounted the NFS share from the LAMP server *smile*

However, before upgrade from pcLos2007 to 2009 any mounted NFS shares on the workstation were visible in the GUI under 'Places >> Removable Media', and hence convenient to get to ....


... but with 2009 the mounted NFS share is NOT mapped to the GUI anywhere ????? Not that i can find anyrate *smile*


Just thought this a bit strange .... i need a 'shortcut' to placed somewhere convenient ..

any clues??

Thnx

You could create a symbolic link to the mount point. Another option it to mount it someplace more convenient.

I use KDE instead of Gnome. Konqueror doesn't have an NFS:/ protocol. I can have them show up on the desktop however. But NFS mounts are considered to be part of the filesystem rather than remote "Places". On some systems, the entire filesystem is on a server.

Thanks JS ... *smile* ... yes i have since found this to be the same here. I have installed KDE and no problems seeing the mounted NFS OR SAMBA shares ... indeed they are displayed on the desktop ... had some prob being able to update the samba mounts however, but made that work by including uid=501,gid=501 in the fstab line for that mount, as in;

//winpc01/data /home/[uid]/mount/WINData smbfs user,credentials=/etc/samba/auth.winpc.[uid],uid=501,gid=501 0 0

Have no idea why this works, but both root and UID can use the SAMBA shares normally ....

HOWEVER, with GNOME, the way i got NFS mount to display under 'Places' was to move the mount point under Media ... i noticed that the system put all the other hard drives and partitions there ... and they show under Places, so did the same with the NFS mount ...and BINGO ... there it is .. and works just as expected.

HOWEVER(2) ... the SAMBA mounts behave differently under GNOME ... sure the network shares are fully visible and editable via 'network' .. but when i actually mount the WIN Shares .. [once again under Media] ... they show up under Places ... however, when trying to access via the mounted WIN shares under Places the system just 'hangs' while trying to populate the GUI with the contents of the mounted WIN share!! Right click gives menu to option to 'Create' and i can ... but still does not show in the GUI under Places when clicked on ... system indicates it is 'searching' [animated logo] but nothing ... but if i go direct to the non mounted SAMBA WIN share under Network ... well i can see all the contents ... even the one i just created via the Mounted Samba share described above???

So ... somehow, mounting the SAMBA Network WIN shares that are visible by default under Places>Network, interferes with their accessibly *scratches head* ....

But, reiterating ... the very same SAMBA Network WIN shares when mounted under KDE work as expected [after adjusting the entries in fstab with uid and gid as explained]...


These issues are the reasons why, IMHO, linux will never become main stream!! There is far too much Techo stuff one needs to know to make it work properly .... i am just a dumb user, however a persistent one *lol* ... i would hate to disclose the number of hours i have spent trying to get my small home LAN working *Ouch*

Still, keeps me off the streets .... and outa bars, parties, football matches, social events, birthdays, weddings etc etc *smile* ... and the marriage ... well lets not go there *lmao*

IF ONLY the system would provide some meaningful feedback as to WHY it is having probs .... anyways *grin* thnx for u help.

Rfah

.... and if this helps at all ... i noticed these lines being written to the sys log whenever i attempt to view the mounted samba share

Any clues???

Rfah