[Gllug] Combining SMB and NFS - was Embedded Linux & 1Gbps?

[Tom Weissmann]

DL Neil wrote:
> Chris and Tom, thank you - it's a break from trying to teach myself Python...
> 
>> Tom Weissmann wrote:
>>> Gimp will have no problem with /media/my-samba-server/files/edit-me.jpg
>>> but will choke on smb:/my-samba-server/files/edit-me.jpg
> 
> =I tried this, but even as root user my /media directory contains only  
> a DVD (movie currently paused to perhaps resume over dinner tonight),  
> the floppy (no media), and reference to xmms_audio_cd (even though  
> nothing is loaded in the CD drive). Both Nautilus and GIMP show the  
> same.

Sounds like the Samba share never got mounted there. Try some 
diagnostics - often easier from the command line:

~$ mount

will tell you what's currently mounted.

> =there is a /mnt directory which contains /mnt/fsg/us2 which is but  
> one of the shares on one of the SMB servers/shares around the network.  
> However that 'folder' is empty - which the actual share is not.

Sounds like the samba share isn't mounted on /mnt/fsg/us2. Try mounting it:

~$ sudo smbmount //samba-server/share /mnt/fsg/us2 -o 
username={username}, uid={your username}
~$ ls /mnt/fsg/us2

> the SuSE docs appear to suggest that this is not necessary under  
> YaST's care and attention. Indeed each of the aforementioned desktop  
> icons/shortcuts gives Unmount as a context menu option, but none (even  
> those on machines not currently switched on) offer a Mount command.

If there's an unmount option then hopefully clicking the shortcut should 
do the mounting for you. Try opening the shortcut and seeing if the 
results of "mount" show this happening.

That's about as much as my limited knowledge of Suse and Gnome will get me.
Good luck!

Tom SW
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