[Q] help with cifsmanager 1.41

[thefawns]

Hey guys i really need help trying to figure out how to use cifsmanager, could someone please help me? ....i tried following some guides on the web about pushing the cifs.ko under /system/lib/modules, but even after i tried that cifsmanager keeps saying the same exact freaking thing, it says: mounting 192.168.x.xx:/media/Data/My Music on /mnt/cifs/failed: no such device, and its just driving me crazy because i really want to get this to work....my rom version is cyano-6.1 rc1 and if someone could help me out i would greatly appreciate it thanks.

 

[dy57]

A couple of suggestions :

1) Did you go to the settings menu in CIFS Manager and check "Load via insmod" and enter the correct path in "Path to cifs.ko" ?

2) cifs.ko must also match the version of your installed kernel. You can test in Terminal. If insmod gives you a "exec format error" it is the wrong cifs.ko for your kernel.

More info on how to debug here :
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/browse-your-computer-from-android-9292/

and here :

http://forum.sdx-developers.com/and...ifs-for-network-share-mounting-in-the-kernel/

 

[thefawns]

ok yea I already did number 1, and two, i just did that now and here is what i came up with:
# cd /system/lib/modules
# ls
bcm4329.ko cifs.ko
# insmod cifs.ko
insmod: init_module cifs.ko' failed (File exists)
#

im not sure what that means, do you have any idea? Well i got the info placed in the program correctly and the drive mounts ok, just that i have to make the file viewer run as su before i can see any of the items....this is driving me crazy, oh and by the way thank you for replying

 

[dy57]

Try a "su" command before the insmod.
sometimes permissions are not correct.

I have also found the correct version of the module in an alternate directory on some of the overclock kernel mods. (i.e. /system/lib/2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod/kernel/fs/cifs).

 

[ladios]

I can't get it work too. Meanwhile, I am looking for a nls_utf8.ko for Aria. Does it even exist? I searched and got zero result.

 

[thefawns]

alright, i tried using su before running insmod and i came up with the same thing :/ and about the /system/lib/2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod/kernel/fs/cifs.ko, i dont have the 2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod folder in my /system/lib, im not sure what to do....thanks again for your time to reply and help me

 

[dy57]

alright, i tried using su before running insmod and i came up with the same thing :/ and about the /system/lib/2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod/kernel/fs/cifs.ko, i dont have the 2.6.29.6-cyanogenmod folder in my /system/lib, im not sure what to do....thanks again for your time to reply and help me

look in /system/lib/modules

are you using an oc kernel ? if so can you provide the link ?

and did you install cifs.ko from an alternate source ? if so , link please...

 

[ladios]

cm6.1-rc1 has its own /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko included in the rom.
insmod it for the first time will have no feedback at all meaning it's loaded, right?
If running it again then it will show
insmod: init_module '/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko' failed (File exists)

 

[dy57]

Yes , that's correct "Files exists" indicates the module is already loaded.

Then a mount in Terminal (i.e. mount -t cifs -o username=yourusername,password=yourpassword //192.168.1.20/sharename /sdcard/mnt/cifs/sharename) should work.