Hi guys,
How can I mount my network shares from my synology NAS with my P7510 (stock)
Cifsmanager always gives me an error "no such device"
Thx
Duffy6
duffy6 said:
Hi guys,
How can I mount my network shares from my synology NAS with my P7510 (stock)
Cifsmanager always gives me an error "no such device"
Thx
Duffy6
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You really need to post in the right section, this is NOT development related.
That said, I'm not gonna be a **** and not point you in the right direction.
First, you need a kernel that supports CIFS. Pershoots kernel does this through a loadable kernel module. To flash his kernel, you need ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) installed on your device. Search through this development section to find the best way to get this on your device, a good start is to look in the sticky thread. Once you got CWM, download and flash Pershoots kernel. Read very carefully on his website which kernel is the right one for you. You also need to download the module package. Extract it and inside you'll find (amongst other files) cifs.ko, you need to put this file on your device and point cifsmanager to it.
If you've already done all of this, make sure you're using the right IP-address and share name in cifsmanager.
Questions or Problems Should Not Be Posted in the Development Forum
Please Post in the Correct Forums and Read THIS
Moving to Q&A
Hi there,
I don't want to bother you all, so please forgive me, if this question is already answered. I am trying to get cifs.ko to work too. As you mentioned one needs an appropriate kernel. You mentioned pershoots. But I would like to cite from the Developers section (very first thread, first post):
"I will advice that you hold off on the kernels if you can as every stable kernel will eventually get cooked into a ROM unless of course you want to help test them or be on the bleeding edge ."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
So my question is, are there any custom roms which already contain pershoots kernel?
I am trying "GALAXY TASK 6.3" at the moment. But I can't get cifsmanager to work properly. I already installed a cifs.ko to my system. So I guess, this rom does not support cifs.ko installing from the start.
I also found the bonsai rom, but I am a little reluctant to try it because
- some people are reporting strange hardware issues (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155539&highlight=bonsai)
- and they have some kind of shop on their weppage (ok, the price is 0$, so the first points stops me from trying).
So to wrap things up again:
1. Are there any custom roms (besides bonsai) also working with pershoots kernel or any other kernel which supports cifs.ko?
2. If not: Can I just install pershoots kernel and put Galaxy Task 6.3 on top of it?
Appreciate every of your answers,
Best regards,
Bel.
*UPDATE*
Just for your information:
I got my cifs.ko from this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338567&highlight=cifs.ko
Tried "GALAXY TASK 6.3" and "Overcome" Roms.
Also tried it with the terminal emulator.
But when I do insmod /pathofcifsko/cifs.ko i get the following message:
"insmod: init_module '/mnt/sdcard/cifs.ko' failed (exec format error)"
Therefore, my uneducated guess is, that it is a kernel problem, not one of the cifsmanager. Again the question stands: Do I have to install a kernel like the one pershoot's or are the suitable roms for this task.
Mounting network drives would be a big advantage for me. First of all, I could use my gallery app to show all my pictures and would not have a dlna server, which is quite of tiresome. For movies and music it is ok, but for pictures I have not found a satisfying app which supports touch gestures to go move from one picture to another with a dlna or upnp setup. On my phone cyanogenmod 7.1 is workings, which has cifs.ko already integrated. And I can say it is great to use the gallery app to show all the pictures stored on the network drive. Would even be greater to use my tab for this task. That's what it's for, right?
And I don't know if it's just imagination but mounting the network drive to the phone also improves the speed of switching between pictures compared to dlna or upnp servers. Maybe because the intermediate step of the server is omitted.
Best regards again,
Really love this great forum,
Bel.
Ok,
I have to correct myself. Tried Tasks Rom today and installed a cifs.ko and now everything is working.
Perfect.
I also managed to get cifs working using the instructions in the post you referred to. I had the same objective as you: to be able to use the native gallery and music apps to view/play media on my network shared file systems. Having got cifs working, however, I find that the music and gallery apps do not find my media. I have tried mounting my whole media drive in /mnt/cifs/data under which I have directories music, movies, piks etc. I also tried mounting under /sdcard/data and then I tried mounting under /sdcard/Music (still with subdirectories music, movies, piks inside that). In no cases am I able to use the music/gallery app to view the files. The file manager sees all the media fine, so I know the filesystem is mounted correctly. I am assuming the problem is that the music and gallery apps want their media in the right folders and not in subfolders in order to be scanned. I am unable to make symlinks (with ln -s) as the /sdcard/Music (etc.) directories are on a FAT system (e.g. the sdcard). Does anyone have any ideas how I can get these apps to find my media, now I am able to mount them anywhere on my tab's filesystem? Thanks!
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I want to mount some cifs or even better nfs mounts. I Found the cool cifs app, but I'm having no luck loading the cifs driver.
I have a rooted x10a
firmware 1.6
Kernel 2.6.29-rel semc-android semc 2
Build r1fa014
so what do I have to do? I have looked high and low for a x10 cifs.ko, and tried a ton of others with the app and insmod. Do I need to upgrde the kernel? build?
Current links to what I have to do would be apreciated.
Thanks
check the kernel compiling topic, I posted cifs kernel module for X10 there.
Thanks for the info
I have found your main post: # 716360, Compiling X10 kernel sources.
And I have downloaded your cifs.zip, put it on my x10. I can insmod or use the cifsmanager gui to load the module, and it appears to be running with no errors, lsmod even shows it.
But when I go to mount I still get the "No Such Device" error. Do i need to upgrade my phone first from the above specs?
I don't want to hijack the other post, so ill reply here.
Thanks
bango123 said:
Thanks for the info
I have found your main post: # 716360, Compiling X10 kernel sources.
And I have downloaded your cifs.zip, put it on my x10. I can insmod or use the cifsmanager gui to load the module, and it appears to be running with no errors, lsmod even shows it.
But when I go to mount I still get the "No Such Device" error. Do i need to upgrade my phone first from the above specs?
I don't want to hijack the other post, so ill reply here.
Thanks
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use the same command line i used on the kernel topic,
also the destination directory must exists.
last but not least, busybox mount instead of the native android mount
if you succeed, please provide compiled module
After some work, I got it to work, and in the end it was not to complicated at all.
1. Get the CIFS module (driver) for the X10, I have attached a copy I am now using for version 1.6. It was compiled by alx5962 and put on these forums in another thread "Compiling X10 kernel sources". There is more info there. I just added "X10" to the name of his file to avoid confusion and posted it here in case of a search engine brought others here for help.
Unpack and save the file somewhere on your SD card, write down where it is at.
2. Install the CIFS Manager from apps, it will need root access to load the cifs module ("Superuser Permissions" app manages this very well), there is lots of info and this is a easy fix. Should be easy to find.
In settings:
Check "Load cifs module"
Check "Load via insmod"
the under path point it to where you saves the cifs modile (something like /sdcard/cifsx10/cifs.ko)
Then setup your share, for example:
Share Path:
192.168.0.1/Share
Mount Point:
/mnt/cifs/Share
Username"
me
Password:
mepassword
Don't worry about any of the options
And that should do it. I did try the command line mounting in the shell, that worked well too, I even made some scripts with a script app. But the CIFS Manager once i figured out my problem(read my note below), worked very well and very easy.
*NOTE* My big problem was an error when mounting "invalid argument". What I found is even if I have the share open to anyone with no password, it will spit out an error if you leave the username and password blank. I just put in "me" and "pw" (or anything really) and i was up and running in one foul swoop!
can i ask what is the point to all this?
mootmaina said:
can i ask what is the point to all this?
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CIFS also called SMB is the network file sharing used by windows mostly, this would then let you share a folder on you sdcard over you wifi to your home pc leting you copy files to and from your phone without connectinig USB
I haven't tried to share any folders on the sdcard, but I use it to mount shares that are on the network on my pc. ES File Explorer is a nice app to browse the network, but some files wont open well using this.
My main use is to play media, mainly DIVX movies that are stored on my pc. By mounting a share on cifs ( smb - samba, or windows file sharing, both more or less same thing) I can open my DIVX movies with rockplayer and they play like a charm. I have heard of some other apps that have the same issue.
But now I can have access to all of my media stuff when i want.
you can also use webdrive - windows program for mounting ssh filesystems, and launch ssh daemon on android.
Anyone tried this on 2.1? Do we need a new cifs.ko?
Bump.
Anyone got any info on cifs and 2.1? Id like to upgrade but don't want to lose this use.
[sorry] Bump [/sorry]
I tries some of the cifs.ko files i found trying to use the same kernel version (2.6.29), but insmod gave me errors.
Please, if anyone found a working version of cifs.ko for X10 2.1 kernel, post it - or give us a hint ...
(yes i know, compiling it myself would be a way, ... - i promise i will try, but why reinvent the wheel?)
THANKS,
Bax
Bumpito
Still no news about the new cifs.ko ?
Thanks !
Sony Ericsson haven't released the sources for 2.1 yet, so no "cifs.ko" until then. (It seems SE are breaking the GPL license by not releasing their Linux kernel source code)
And is there a way without using cifs.to to play files (such as mp3 or avi) directly from a samba share on 2.1 or we have to wait ?
Bump
Anyone have any luck with 2.1 yet?
hhave we gotten this yet?
cifs.ko experia x10 2.1 rooted
dutchschultz said:
hhave we gotten this yet?
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In this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716360&highlight=cifs&page=12
Many thanks to alx5962
goto page 1 for instruction, or just use cifsmanager for market
Hi Folks.. need some input.. I'm still a noob at this but getting better n better everyday.
After doing lots o diggin, i cannot find any conclusive fix for adding CIFS towards a TNT Lite Rom (or if there's even a fix ) .
The closest thing to a potential fix is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889088
But i'm a little reluctant to pull the trigger on it.
So far TNT lite 4.4.0 for me is perfect... less the CIFS / streaming video I want to do from my xp share.
Any input or comments on this topic would be welcome.
Thanx for your support! You guys rock!
M
I got CifsManager from the Market for my samba shares. Seems to work fine.
Is that what you are looking for? I am on TNT Lite 4.4
TnT Lite 4.4 uses Clemsyn's kernel which has CIFS support. All you need is an app or script to mount your share. I used to use CIFS Manager. Should be available in the market.
Thanx for the quick feedback .. trying CIFS Manager
Step 1) appears that you have 1 shot at setup once you download CIFS Manager..now that it's installed and I muffed my settings .. i try to go back to the CIFS Manager app and i get "Application is not installed on your phone"..but settings show that it IS infact installed. Re-downloading it from app store (after you have uninstalled it) gives you your change again.
Step 2) configuring it correctly to my XP shares of pix movies and music.
Question: when installing CIFS Manager (with the intention of accessing Windows share on XP)... do i need to go into Settings of CIFS Manager.. and load cifs module on startup?
2ndly .. I don't have CIFS.KO on my system ... and in Path to CIFS.KO (setting).. it's looking for it in System/lib/modules/cifs.ko
Do i need this module to make this work?
Where do i get it if i do?
Am i making this more complicated than it should be?
Off to bed.. enuf tweaking for tonite.. but any input is welcome.
Thanx again folks.
M
I haven't touched Menu -> Settings, so I have everything unchecked/default there.
I added my shares using Menu-> Add New Share and I just open Cifsmanager and mount/unmount the shares when needed.
With this setup, the mounts don't survive a reboot.... which is fine with me.
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Some Kernels include cifs.ko as a separate module that you load/unload as needed. My assumption is this method saves memory, etc by not running modules that aren't actively needed.
I use pershoot's kernel (with Vegan Ginger) and it's set up this way. So I have to point CIFS Manager at my cifs.ko and it will load the module as necessary.
My understanding is that Clemsyn's kernel includes all of the "extra" modules precompiled in. No loading of extra modules. Therefore, you shouldn't have to worry about the path to cifs.ko or anything like that.
Don't get used to this, btw - I plan to go back to stock after the next firmware update. I used clem's this one time to minimize the sleep issue.
I prefer to leave TNT Lite as stock, and let the user decide if they want to add a customized kernel or not. I personally use one, but I felt that keeping it closer to stock is the better idea.
Maverick_120 said:
Thanx for the quick feedback .. trying CIFS Manager
Step 1) appears that you have 1 shot at setup once you download CIFS Manager..now that it's installed and I muffed my settings .. i try to go back to the CIFS Manager app and i get "Application is not installed on your phone"..but settings show that it IS infact installed. Re-downloading it from app store (after you have uninstalled it) gives you your change again.
Step 2) configuring it correctly to my XP shares of pix movies and music.
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That's a stock Launcher bug - I've seen the same thing. You'd need an alternate launcher to correct (again, a user option - I personally add Launcher Pro as soon as I re-flash my own device. I dislike the stock Launcher).
Thanx Roebeet...
K so this is the plan when i can get my mittens on my tab afterwork.
1) fix the application issue by adding launcher pro (doofus i am, i just figured out its on the market for me to download to apply this potenial fix to my woes.
2) Try CIFS Manager install again .. "as is" sans modules .. and see if i can hit my shares and stream a video or 2... which would be ..friggin awww someee !!
My circle of life will then be complete.
Thanx for your feedback and support guys n gals !
K Update...
1) done... added launcher pro and it did fix the error from CIFS Manager.
2) problem.. installed CIFS manager but not sure how to get to share.
My share on XP is called "movies" in mount point i'm putting /mnt/cifs/movies
put user and pw that has admin rights... no go.
"mounting the share has failed with an error. mount: Invalid Argument"
Any ideas what i may be doing wrong?
M
GOT IT !
In CIFS Manager ..
ipaddress/sharename = 192.168.1.100/movies
Sharepoint
/mnt/cifs/movies <-- believe this mimics a local drive but is really the share
AWEESOME ...
Thanx again folks.
M
I'll add some comments later with the bumps i get on my journey.
I have tnt lite 4.4 but if I do a command in
terminal:
mount -t cifs //192.168.0.5/video /mtn/cifs/video
I get the error
mount: Invalid argument
But the kernel with tnt lite 4.4 has cifs built in,
doesn't it?
EDIT: the problem was simply that I need to add "guest" as username for
a freely browsable share ...
Information and Modules description
I was in the need to add some missing kernel modules to my Xperia Mini Pro sk17i with v4.0.2.A.0.58, but I could only find modules compiled form ICS sources, so I decided to build them myself.
All modules have been compiled from official sony Xperia v4.0.2.A.0.58 kernel sources, using Android NDK r5, and they should be fine with any GB based Xperia 2011 device (with that kernel version at least).
This is the list of modules, with some interesting programs using them:
fuse.ko: Cryptonite (used to create encrypted EncFS or Truecrypt volumes, adds support to mount drives so that are visibile to the whole Android system. Note: Cryptonite is not currently able to load the module automatically, you need to load it from Terminal Emulator..se more below)
usb-storage.ko, nls_utf8.ko, ntfs.ko (compiled with write support, currently untested): USB OTG Helper (used to mount external USB drives with USB On The Go cables).
cifs.ko, slow-work.ko, md4.ko: CifsManager (used to mount network shares)
ext4.ko, jbd2.ko: if you wish to use the EXT4 filesystem
tun.ko: needed by VPN clients, like OpenVPN or DroidVPN
Installation Instructions
Attached to this post you will find a ZIP that can be used along with CWM Recovery to install the modules in system.
Download the module, put it inside you SD card, reboot your phone in CWM (which you can install with the Xperia CWM Auto-Installer) and select install zip from sdcard, and browsed to the ZIP. Reboot your phone when install finishes.
Loading Modules
No module is automatically loaded at system startup: this saves your memory and battery (some of those modules are known to drain your battery if always loaded).
To manually load a module you have to open the Android Terminal Emulator and tap:
Code:
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/MODULENAME.ko
where MODULENAME is the name of the module you want to load.
Other useful commands:
Code:
lsmod
to see currently running commands
Code:
rmmod MODULENAME.ko
to unload a module.
If you wish to manually load a module at phone startup you should use init.rd or any other method (?) to run custom scripts at startup.
Load Order
Some modules need to be loaded in a specific order:
slow-work.ko must be loaded before cisf.ko
jbd2.ko must be loaded before ext4.ko
Other Firmware Versions
I've released the same package for other firmware versions, click on the firmware version to go to the specific thread:
ICS v4.1.B.0.587 Kernel Modules package by zxp
Changes
v2 - 2012.07.19
===========
- customized, built and added slow-work.ko, which is needed to load cifs.ko
- added jbd2.ko, which is needed to load ext4.ko
v1 - 2012.07.12
===========
- First release
Thanks for this..
Fuse, and the rest as required, are automatically loaded as required by USB OTG Helper if found in /system/lib/modules.
shardul_seth said:
Thanks for this..
Fuse, and the rest as required, are automatically loaded as required by USB OTG Helper if found in /system/lib/modules.
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Yes, the same applies to CifsManager, even if it requires some fiddling in options, while your USB OTG Helper does it automagically...by the way, it would be really nice of you if you could add the same auto-load code to Cryptonite, which is open source somewhat related to your work! :good:
zxp said:
Yes, the same applies to CifsManager, even if it requires some fiddling in options, while your USB OTG Helper does it automagically...by the way, it would be really nice of you if you could add the same auto-load code to Cryptonite, which is open source somewhat related to your work! :good:
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I have my own encryption script, and I am happy with it.. So no fiddling with cryptonite for me
Updated both install and uninstall packages to fix cifs.ko and ext4.ko that couldn't be loaded because of missing dependencies (slow-work.ko and jbd2.ko).
You can find the updated zips in the first post.
where i can find the ext4.ko module for Xperia 2011 ICS?, i can't find it nowhere, can you help me with it?
sorry for my bad english
lightdesiny said:
where i can find the ext4.ko module for Xperia 2011 ICS?, i can't find it nowhere, can you help me with it?
sorry for my bad english
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I don't know where to find it, I don't have upgraded to ICS yet, sorry.
If you are sure that no one have released it I may build a package similar to this one once I upgrade to ICS, in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on this forum :cyclops:
hi when I type the cod say me that not found that I istall it with recovery please help me
my phone xperia ray
my rome is 2.3.4 - 4.0.2.A.0.58 GB
hadics1 said:
hi when I type the cod say me that not found that I istall it with recovery please help me
my phone xperia ray
my rome is 2.3.4 - 4.0.2.A.0.58 GB
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Don't complain if none will answer you.
hadics1 said:
hi when I type the cod say me that not found that I istall it with recovery please help me
my phone xperia ray
my rome is 2.3.4 - 4.0.2.A.0.58 GB
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Can you please explain your problem better?
I can't understand your post.
zxp said:
lightdesiny said:
where i can find the ext4.ko module for Xperia 2011 ICS?, i can't find it nowhere, can you help me with it?
sorry for my bad english
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I don't know where to find it, I don't have upgraded to ICS yet, sorry.
If you are sure that no one have released it I may build a package similar to this one once I upgrade to ICS, in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on this forum :cyclops:
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I've just released the same package as this for Xperia ICS v4.1.B.0.587, you can now use ext4 on the latest ICS firmware
This is great
Sent from my WT19i
mount nfs share works with busybox - but won't with cifsmanager
Hello folks,
as this is my first post here, i'd like to thank all of the contributors for the excellent Guides and Howtos on this platform. Based on the instructions in this forums i was able to root my Xperia Mini Pro sk17i and greatly expand my devices applicability. Thanks to all of you!
Sorry, that the post got that long - hope that someone is still so kind to read and answer to it. I just wanted to be as precise as possible in the desription of my problem.
And here it comes. As the title of my post already implies, my ultimate goal is to mount nfs shares of my NAS and Router in my private network as user-friendly and simple as possible.
So far, I tried the following to achieve this goal:
Install busybox to generally expand linux capabilities of the device
install the Android Terminal emulator also from Google play
as previuosly mentioned, the device is rooted and Super user capabilities are set
created a mount-point for the nfs share
installed cifsmanager for mounting/unmounting with one click later
I tried to manually mount the share in the terminal. Without busybox i had no luck, but actually that was not sursprising at all. With busybox however, it worked instantly - what indeed surprised me, because this thread here implied somehow the kernel, as is, wasn't even capable to do it without additional modules. I could easily browse the share with ES file manager etc. and make use of my shares. So far, so great. :good:
But opening a terminal, get super user rights and mount manually by typing the whole sequence of
Code:
busybox mount -o nolock,vers=3 -t nfs 192.xxx.xxx.x.x:/my/nfs/share /mnt/MyLocalFolder
is not what you'd call simple or user-friendly at all.
So i aimed to improve the mount procedure with cifsmanager, but I always fail. And do no not understand what i am doing wrong. Initially i tried it without further kernel modules, encouraged by the success i had with busybox. But i always got a "Invalid argument" reply.
During the troubleshooting I stumbled upon this post, and thx to zxp's files, i managed to add the kernel modules to my /system/lib/modules folder (and yes, I have the exact same original/stock GB kernel version they are intended for).
But still no luck - even after i added slow-work.ko to the list of modules loaded by cifsmanager in the properties (placed before cifs.ko as it was suggested by another thread found somewhere in the forum). The info tab states the modules are loaded, but i still receive the same crooked "Invalid argument" message. What the heck am I doing wrong?
Seems to me there is some sort of general syntax issue - here is what info I give the app:
Share: 192.xxx.xxx.x.x:/my/nfs/share
Mount Point: /mnt/MyLocalFolder (tested with and without the mount point prefix in properties)
User: guest (default - without it, it wont work,app description states it will be ignored for nfs shares anyway)
Pwd: left empty
Options:nolock, vers=3 (tested with and without these - but where generally considered essential in some threads + my shares are nfs_v3)
Does somebody have an idea what is going wrong and might point me in some useful direction?
Thanks and Cheers to you all,
Nix
Use script manager and create a script!
Nixblicker said:
Hello folks,
as this is my first post here, i'd like to thank all of the contributors for the excellent Guides and Howtos on this platform. Based on the instructions in this forums i was able to root my Xperia Mini Pro sk17i and greatly expand my devices applicability. Thanks to all of you!
Sorry, that the post got that long - hope that someone is still so kind to read and answer to it. I just wanted to be as precise as possible in the desription of my problem.
And here it comes. As the title of my post already implies, my ultimate goal is to mount nfs shares of my NAS and Router in my private network as user-friendly and simple as possible.
So far, I tried the following to achieve this goal:
Install busybox to generally expand linux capabilities of the device
install the Android Terminal emulator also from Google play
as previuosly mentioned, the device is rooted and Super user capabilities are set
created a mount-point for the nfs share
installed cifsmanager for mounting/unmounting with one click later
I tried to manually mount the share in the terminal. Without busybox i had no luck, but actually that was not sursprising at all. With busybox however, it worked instantly - what indeed surprised me, because this thread here implied somehow the kernel, as is, wasn't even capable to do it without additional modules. I could easily browse the share with ES file manager etc. and make use of my shares. So far, so great. :good:
But opening a terminal, get super user rights and mount manually by typing the whole sequence of
Code:
busybox mount -o nolock,vers=3 -t nfs 192.xxx.xxx.x.x:/my/nfs/share /mnt/MyLocalFolder
is not what you'd call simple or user-friendly at all.
So i aimed to improve the mount procedure with cifsmanager, but I always fail. And do no not understand what i am doing wrong. Initially i tried it without further kernel modules, encouraged by the success i had with busybox. But i always got a "Invalid argument" reply.
During the troubleshooting I stumbled upon this post, and thx to zxp's files, i managed to add the kernel modules to my /system/lib/modules folder (and yes, I have the exact same original/stock GB kernel version they are intended for).
But still no luck - even after i added slow-work.ko to the list of modules loaded by cifsmanager in the properties (placed before cifs.ko as it was suggested by another thread found somewhere in the forum). The info tab states the modules are loaded, but i still receive the same crooked "Invalid argument" message. What the heck am I doing wrong?
Seems to me there is some sort of general syntax issue - here is what info I give the app:
Share: 192.xxx.xxx.x.x:/my/nfs/share
Mount Point: /mnt/MyLocalFolder (tested with and without the mount point prefix in properties)
User: guest (default - without it, it wont work,app description states it will be ignored for nfs shares anyway)
Pwd: left empty
Options:nolock, vers=3 (tested with and without these - but where generally considered essential in some threads + my shares are nfs_v3)
Does somebody have an idea what is going wrong and might point me in some useful direction?
Thanks and Cheers to you all,
Nix
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that works, but...
Well, yeah - that was an option. I already did, and it works with the busybx mount as stated.
But i would have to write another to mount another share, unmount them, and one to prevent ES file manager to somehow occupy the mount to make it busy before unmounting etc.
I hoped that cifsmanager would smooth and ease the mounting/unmounting.
Thank you for your suggestion, anyway!
Cheers, Nix
shardul_seth said:
Use script manager and create a script!
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Hello all. In the last 24 hours I've racked my head against a wall and I can't seem to get past this. So some pointers would be very welcome.
Backstory - Been doing backups of Titanium Backup onto my Nexus 9 (16GB internal storage) and I'm running into problems with running out of storage space. So I thought I'd look into doing a CIFS share mountpoint to my tablet and backup directly to the CIFS shares on my FreeNAS box. I figure a couple TB of storage is enough to store my Titanium Backups.
So first I read about CIFS Manager. Seems it may be discontinued or not functional on Lollipop.
Then I read about Busybox. Very cool, I think I'd marry Busybox if it was a woman. It seems so amazing I bought the Busybox Pro version.
So I tried to mount the CIFS/SMB share but I keep getting the dreaded "no device found" which means the cifs.ko isn't loaded. Apparently it's not in OS by default, so I need to compile it. (I'm not against someone giving me the .ko file, but I'd rather learn how to fish for myself than expect someone to give me a fish when I'm hungry) I have no clue how to compile it or even where to start to get a resemblance of the necessary steps. My experience is mostly Windows and FreeBSD, with only enough knowledge of linux to be very dangerous. I've tried searching all over for some kind of guide, pointers on what files I need to get, where to go to compile, etc but there seems to be nobody out there with any kind of good guide, even an outdated one I could use to fill in the blanks. I was hoping to put together a fairly detailed guide that includes steps on how to compile the cifs.ko yourself from source as well as mount your share on the device for whatever purposes you desire. But I'm finding that there is basically no info online on how to do this, where the source is, how to compile it, etc. If you know how to do this and are willing to help me write the guide (I've written quite a few articles on FreeNAS and ZFS) I'd be more than happy to give you some credit. I have no doubt lots of people will use the document once it is created.
Alternatively I considered doing the same with NFS but again I'd need to compile the nfs.ko module, so I'm stuck at the same point there.
Anyone have any pointers on how to do this? Or, anyone have any other options that will work just as well that allow me to not have to store the actual titanium backup files locally?
About the only thing I can find is someone saying that you need a Linux VM, the kernel sources, sdk, some knowledge in unix, and patience. But hell, I don't know if by saying "kernel sources" they are talking about the kernel source for the Linux VM or the Android OS I'm running (or both), if the SDK is referring to the Android SDK or not, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Joshy8 said:
Or, anyone have any other options that will work just as well that allow me to not have to store the actual titanium backup files locally?
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I was in the same boat as you a few years back. Basically I would root, find a kernel that had the CIFS module, then use CIFS Manager to mount the shares. I would also use rsync & busybox. This stuff is tricky. The command to get Android to mount the shares, the CIFS module and kernel always has to be up to date, changes in busybox, etc.. I dreaded Android system updates. It starts to feel like a Rube Goldberg machine.
I started using an app called FolderSync (there's a paid version, too) and never looked back. It works quietly in the background and have never had any problem with it. It's one of the best apps on Android.
I do thank you for the advice, but that's how I've been doing backups for several years. I bought it back when the original Droid phone came out.
However in this case, since my tablet has only 16GB of internal memory and you can't easily have permanently attached external storage I'm forced to come up with an alternative of some kind.
I have had some problems lately with FolderSync. Not sure exactly what the problem is, but FolderSync seems to have issues from time to time and it gets stuck on random files and never finishes, even if left to complete for several days. I've had this issue randomly on 3 different devices, and one of my friends that also uses FolderSync has had the same issue on his. So I'm pretty sure there's a bug of some kind in FolderSync that sometimes breaks it.
Anyway, since my tablet has only 16GB of internal memory and you can't easily have permanently attached external storage I'm forced to come up with an alternative where the data is never actually stored on the device itself. :/
I know this isn't the answer you were looking for, but have you seen these:
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/mrg2.html
It's the closest thing I've found to convenient usable external storage.
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The Fire-Ice kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/orig-development/kernel-fire-ice-t2930451) supports CIFS. I use it to connect to my SAMBA linux server. I also did the following, not sure if both of these are necessary: set SELinux to permissive with SELinux Mode Changer, and use the "patched" version of CIFS Manager (found on this forum).
I'm still hoping somebody will just write or cross-compile a FUSE module (like SMBnetFS) that works on all rooted devices, so we don't have to rely on custom kernels/modules anymore...
Since you asked for alternatives, you can also just get an OTG cable and hook up a USB stick or external HD to your phone (needs root and an app like StickMount).
Thanks for the reply. Been a bit busy with life stuff and just finally got to sit back down and look at this again.
I agree that a FUSE module would be useful for something like this. I don't have a need for high performance with regards to this problem, so a FUSE module would seem very appropriate.
I do have an OTG cable and I do have a 64GB thumbdrive I can use. I was just hoping for something that was a little non-obtrusive and passive so that I'm not actively having to be involved in the backup process itself. As soon as someone in the meat-world has to take active steps to make a backup every time, that's when backups typically stop happening, and then the next thing that happens is data loss. So I'm trying to remove myself from the equation as much as possible.
I have a NAS (Samba share) which I would really like my phone's file system to be able to hook into whenever I am within wifi range. Ideally it should auto-mount the network share at boot up.
I have got ES Explorer and I can browse the Samba share, but if I want to watch a video for example, it needs to cache the entire file locally before it starts playing. I just want seamless integration by mounting the share so that my device sees it just like any other sdcard or internal memory. I have mounted shares on Windows and Ubuntu before, but can't seem to find any guides for doing the same on Android. The only stuff I could find was outdated and referred to Cifs Modules and Mount Manager, neither of which seem to be hosted anywhere reliable anymore.
I am running rooted MIUI Marshmallow if that matters.
wow... no replies. this makes me wonder if its even possible. has no-one tried to do this recently?
Did you find an easy solution?
I really want to do this too, but it seems you have to install apps to mount, and yes, I too realised that it was copying the files on the phone before playing.
I thought the whole point of streaming from a network share was to not use up space on the phone.
Anyway, I have used a sony xperia z1 and in its options, it lets you mount a network share as a local folder, so then any app see it as one, I wonder how it can be done in other OS like marshmallow?
Im using CM13 btw.