Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-30 Thread Zak
Yes - thank you! David Bennett wrote: Perfect! Thank you very much. I will try it and get back to everyone and let you know how it went. I'm also glad to have the explanation of how Debian's init scripts work. Sincerely, david On 8/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread David Bennett
Perfect! Thank you very much. I will try it and get back to everyone and let you know how it went. I'm also glad to have the explanation of how Debian's init scripts work. Sincerely, david On 8/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 10:58:48AM -0400, Zak w

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread chris
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 10:58:48AM -0400, Zak wrote: > Did you see my last email (attached) about rc.sysinit? Jarod's guide assumes you're using Red Hat. Debian doesn't use rc.sysinit but instead places scripts in /etc/init.d and uses symbolic links from the /etc/rc?.d directories to control when

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Matt Mossholder
Of course, this implies that you aren't concerened about security.. there are somewhat more secure ways to do this in the mount.cifs manpage. --Matt On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 11:17 -0400, Matt Mossholder wrote: > David, > If you put an entry for the filesystem in /etc/fstab, it

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Matt Mossholder
David, If you put an entry for the filesystem in /etc/fstab, it should get mounted on every reboot. It is just a matter of putting the correct entry in. It should look something like this (all on one unwrapped line): servername:/sharename smbfs rw,user=winuser,password=winpass 0 0

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Jim Reith
At 11:02 AM 8/29/2005, you wrote: Jim, I suspect as much, unfortunately I do not know enough about Linux to figure out where to put what. I have done a little digging, but may I ask if you have any advice as to where I can just toss an smbmount command? (I am also unclear as to whether I need

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread David Bennett
Jim, I suspect as much, unfortunately I do not know enough about Linux to figure out where to put what. I have done a little digging, but may I ask if you have any advice as to where I can just toss an smbmount command? (I am also unclear as to whether I need to change the syntax to suit a certa

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Zak
Did you see my last email (attached) about rc.sysinit? David Bennett wrote: Evervyone is probably right about renaming the name of the share, but should I be lead to believe that there is no way to run a command as linux reboots? (ie, no "autoexec.bat" type of thing happening in Debian?) thank

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Jim Reith
At 10:49 AM 8/29/2005, you wrote: Evervyone is probably right about renaming the name of the share, but should I be lead to believe that there is no way to run a command as linux reboots? (ie, no "autoexec.bat" type of thing happening in Debian?) that's what the /etc/init.d directories are all

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread David Bennett
Evervyone is probably right about renaming the name of the share, but should I be lead to believe that there is no way to run a command as linux reboots? (ie, no "autoexec.bat" type of thing happening in Debian?) thanks, dave ___ mythtv-users mailing lis

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread James Esslinger
Easiest solution is to rename the directory on the Windows machine to remove the space ;) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.08.29 09:36]: : tried one billion times (slight exaggeration.) : People have recommended brackets, quotes, slashes to deal with the : space in the share name and none of them have y

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread chris
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:32:32PM +0900, David Bennett wrote: > People have recommended brackets, quotes, slashes to deal with the > space in the share name and none of them have yet to work. hence, I > figured it would be easier just to have the smbmount command run > automatically on reboot. >

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Matt Mossholder
Ubuntu seems to like using \040 as a replacement for spaces in the fstab when mounting my wife's iPOD.. might give that a shot. --Matt On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 23:32 +0900, David Bennett wrote: > tried one billion times (slight exaggeration.) > People have recommended brackets, quo

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread Zak
Have you tried /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit ? See Jarod's guide: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php#lirc I know you have tried slashes, but have you tried using the autocomplete function of the shell to figure out the correct syntax? That is, if you start typing the name of a directory and hit TA

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread David Bennett
tried one billion times (slight exaggeration.) People have recommended brackets, quotes, slashes to deal with the space in the share name and none of them have yet to work. hence, I figured it would be easier just to have the smbmount command run automatically on reboot. any ideas? ;) thank you th

Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread James Esslinger
You should be able to put the relevant mounts in the file /etc/fstab. If you're having problems figuring it out do a google search for "smbfs fstab". * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005.08.29 09:27]: : Sorry to trouble everyone, : : Thanks to all of your help I have got a wonderful MythTV setup : working

[mythtv-users] XBOX Frontend question (actually a debian question!)

2005-08-29 Thread David Bennett
Sorry to trouble everyone, Thanks to all of your help I have got a wonderful MythTV setup working which my wife and I absolutely adore. Just a few more little bugs to sort out and everything will be perfect. I have been putting it off, so I have decided to post these two messages in an attempt to