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[phruby]

Hi, 

I am using xTrend ET8000 with OpenPLi build from January 16, 2016. I created mount points as CIFS shares for shared folders in Windows Home Server 2011 using Mount Manager in Setup/System/Network/WLAN connection.

 

The problem is that after each restart of ET8000 I need to remount the shares again by clicking "Setup/System/Network/WLAN connection/Mount again."  

 

Is there a way to mount the shares automatically, after start or reboot of ET8000? 

 

The mount points in Mount Manager are configured as follows:   

Active: enable

Local share name: Media

Mount type: CIFS share

Server IP: 192.168.1.6

Server share: Media

use as HDD replacement: no

Mount options: ro

Username: ****

Password: ****

 

Thanks,

Pavel

[littlesat]

The should do usually... But I read somewhere else that there is an issue with the et8k related to the network not initializing when performing a reboot... As far I understand extrend needs to upgrade the bsp layer to fix this...

[anudanan]

Yes, it worked normally. My xtrend et8000 connects the configurated mountpoints after reboot successfully, but mybox don´t need the fix for ethernet, but a friend of me has the problem with the network and reboots)

But I surprise that mountpoint work  if phruby makes a mount again. I understand the ethernetd driver bug has the effect that ethernet doesn´t work any time. Only switching off the box, waiting some minutes, switching on the box will wokraround the ethernet driver bug.

 

We hope the fix inside the bsp for the ethernet of xtrend et8000 will be available end this week in PLI nightly builds

[WanWizard]

If the box uses a WLAN connection, it could well be that it takes to long for the network connection to be set up.

 

These mounts are made when Enigma starts, if there is no network connection when this happens, the mounts can not be made, and Enigma will not wait...

[anudanan]

ups, you are right, he use WLAN and not LAN.

Edited by anudanan, 19 January 2016 - 14:07.

[anudanan]

Is there a way to start WLAN earlier during booting linux and  atfer some waiting time a delayed start of  enigma ?

[WanWizard]

You can create a script called "/usr/bin/enigma2_pre_start.sh", it will be called if it exists before enigma starts. Make sure you make it executable.

 

You can use this to wait for maximum 30 seconds for a network link:

#
# Wait for the default gateway to become reachable
#
timeout=30

while [ $timeout -ne 0 ] ; do
    ip=`ip r | grep default | cut -d ' ' -f 3`
    if [ ! -z $ip ]; then
        ping -q -w 1 -c 1 $ip > /dev/null
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            break;
        fi
    fi
    let "timeout--"
    sleep 1
done

[phruby]

Hi,

Thank you for a quick reply. However, it did not seem to work.

 

Here is what I did: I created a text file enigma2_pre_start.sh containing the script in the previous message, and using Windows explorer on a PC copied it into ET8000, into the folder \\ET8000\Root\usr\bin. It is the folder where also the file enigma2.sh is. 

 

In Windows Explorer, I right-clicked enigma2_pre_start.sh and assigned it the same security properties as the script enigma2.sh has: i.e. Everyone and root (Unix Group \root) have rights to read & execute, and root (Unix User\root) has full control. If this is not correct, could you write step-by-step how to "make sure to make it executable", please? I am not very familiar with Linux. 

 

Additional notes, in case it might be relevant:

1. I am using a WLAN USB dongle (model MK-Digital USB WLAN N300, based on Realtek RTL8192CU chipset). In OpenPLi, I could not connect to WLAN when using DHCP. WLAN first started working after I assigned a static IP to ET8000.

2. WLAN connects quite fast. When TV starts playing, WLAN is already connected. 

3. In Setup/System/Network/WLAN connection/Show WLAN status, the field Encryption has value "Unsupported". Nevertheless, ET8000 is connected using WPA encryption (WPA2 did not work). 

4. The automount after reboot worked perfectly in OpenATV image. OpenATV had other problems. mainly with Media Player, but shared folders were mounted automatically after reboot. 

 

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Pavel

[40H3X]

Linux and Windows don't play well together. Using a windows editor on files you use in a Unix say Linux environment is a no-no. I suggest you use notepad++ ( https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ ) better is to write it in a Linux environment with a native editor like Vi.

If you login with telnet (you could do this with putty http://www.chiark.gr...y/download.html ) and do a "ls" in the /usr/bin folder, then you'll see that only the executable files are green and the sh file you have created is probably not. You could try to make the file executable with "chmod 755 enigma2_pre_start.sh" without the "".

[betacentauri]

Perhaps this
http://forums.openpl...ot/#entry526058
also fixes your problem. But changes are not yet in the image.