2010-07-27, 19:03
Hi,
I have looked though quite a number of posts here and people do have problems with accessing samba shares etc, but I have not found one that really fits the issue I am seeing:
I just had to do an upgrade to 10.04 (a clean install). I have installed a full desktop with Gnome. I have installed xbmc as described here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...Step_Guide
All my movies/music exists on remote samba shares on ubuntu 9.10 servers.
Sympthoms:
If I run xbmc from within gnome (an icon on the desktop) it starts up fine. I can add sources and I can access those sources at once and/or after a reboot. This works fine if I choose to do authenticate or do an automatic login on system startup without entering a password to gdm.
If I add xmbc to the list applications that shall be run automatically when Gnome starts then I can not access nor add shares if I choose to login to Gnome without entering a password. If I choose to enter a password to gdm all works fine.
If I run xbmc directly from gdm after entering a password to gdm all works fine. I can add and access shares, but by default I get no sound. That is fixed by adding /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11 to /etc/rc.local though. Navigation sounds are gone, but that is not really an issue for me.
Now, the last option and the one I really want to use since a keyboard should be in front of a desktop PC and not in front of the TV: If I run xbmc directly from gdm without entering a password I can not add nor access smb shares. No matter what I have tried to do.
It is very seldom I am the first to discover a problem, so is there someone else that have seen this and knows about a fix or workaround for the last case? Btw, I can switch to a terminal and, as root, mount the smb share then.
I have looked though quite a number of posts here and people do have problems with accessing samba shares etc, but I have not found one that really fits the issue I am seeing:
I just had to do an upgrade to 10.04 (a clean install). I have installed a full desktop with Gnome. I have installed xbmc as described here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW...Step_Guide
All my movies/music exists on remote samba shares on ubuntu 9.10 servers.
Sympthoms:
If I run xbmc from within gnome (an icon on the desktop) it starts up fine. I can add sources and I can access those sources at once and/or after a reboot. This works fine if I choose to do authenticate or do an automatic login on system startup without entering a password to gdm.
If I add xmbc to the list applications that shall be run automatically when Gnome starts then I can not access nor add shares if I choose to login to Gnome without entering a password. If I choose to enter a password to gdm all works fine.
If I run xbmc directly from gdm after entering a password to gdm all works fine. I can add and access shares, but by default I get no sound. That is fixed by adding /usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11 to /etc/rc.local though. Navigation sounds are gone, but that is not really an issue for me.
Now, the last option and the one I really want to use since a keyboard should be in front of a desktop PC and not in front of the TV: If I run xbmc directly from gdm without entering a password I can not add nor access smb shares. No matter what I have tried to do.
It is very seldom I am the first to discover a problem, so is there someone else that have seen this and knows about a fix or workaround for the last case? Btw, I can switch to a terminal and, as root, mount the smb share then.