Posts by Grogster

  • RP3B+ LE 11 - can't connect to network shares....

    Hello. :)

    PI 3 B+, LE version 11.0.3

    Add Network Location...

    Specify IP address and path to shares - /mnt/sda1 @ 192.168.1.201(static, not DHCP)

    Specify username and password - (root and P/W)

    Click OK.

    LE moans that the share cannot be found, but I can access it just fine on Windoze.

    root for user as the server runs Puppy Linux which is always root.

    Puppy Simple SAMBA Management has the /mnt path shared, so you can usually see all the drive folders under that

    I can also see the server fine in Linux Mint using the Samba shares mounter thing.

    SMB1 set as minimum, but I am pretty sure that Puppy Linux uses at least SMB2.

    SMB3 set as maximum.

    Does anyone have any pointers or suggestions?

    An ancient old OpenELEC 7 PI can browse to the shares on the network just fine, so they ARE there, but LE11 won't let me see them. :(

    I've run out of ideas at this point. ;(

  • LE 9.2 on RP 2B - Refuses to see any SMB shares....

    Hello everyone. :)

    I was using OpenELEC 7.0.1 till the sd card died. I can go back to another image of that, but I thought I would try out LibreELEC as I hear most of the developers from OE moved to LE anyway.

    Pi2 B v1.1

    Boots fine on the pie, but it refuses to see any of the SMB shares on the LAN.

    As a little test, I imaged another SD card with OE 7.0.1, booted that, and it can navigate to the SMB shares fine, so the servers are there and should be able to be seen by LE.

    Back on the LE card, I then made sure that minimum SMB version was 1, maximum is SMB2.

    Just in case my NAS boxes were SMB1 or something.

    Anyone got any ideas of things I can try to make LE see the NAS?

    NAS boxes are built around Puppy Linux, using Samba Simple Sharing to share the mount point of the volumes.

    Windoze can see the NAS boxes, other Linux boxes like Mint can see the NAS boxes, but LE refuses to.

    When you go into FILE MANAGER/ADD SOURCE/BROWSE/WINDOWS NETWORK(SMB), all I can see is the option to go back up a step.

    The workgroup or any of the shares are simply not visible or selectable at that point, and usually they are.

    In the old OE 7.0.1, I would have selected WORKGROUP followed by the name of the NAS box I wanted to add, then I would be prompted for a username and password for that NAS box, but I cannot get that far in LE, as it does not give me any choices past entering into the Windows Network(SMB) section of things.

    Anyone got any pointers?