Hi Mac, On Sunday 02 December 2007 14:55:30 Mac wrote: > Peter Lewis wrote: > <snip> > > > So far as I can tell, my network connection is brought up when I log in > > to my Kubuntu box, through the network manager tray icon. This connects > > me to my wireless network. > > > > However, I have a couple of NFS shares, which are listed in fstab. They > > never get brought up automatically though, since during booting, the > > network is not up yet. I then have to do a 'sudo mount -a' to get them to > > come up *after* I've logged in. > > > > I'm sure it's not supposed to work like this. How do I get the network up > > earlier so that this isn't an issue? > > Pete >>> Does your /etc/fstab refer to these shares by their full IP > address on the LAN or by a share name? I use the LAN IP addresses, and > my shares mount automatically when the wireless network is up. (Tho' I > use Gnome rather than KDE). Don't know if the form of the addressing > matters, but if it's a factor, it may be worth a quick test.
They're listed in /etc/fstab using a hostname, but the hostname is directly listed in /etc/hosts, (it's only a small home network). So, I'm assuming that this is functionally equivalent to the IP itself being listed...? > I should say that the mounting of network shares (I use CIFS) is not > perfect: it sometimes takes a while for them to mount; and sometimes > they don't, and, like you, I need to do a <sudo mount -a> to get them > up. But mostly they do come up when the wireless network becomes > available. I was using CIFS for a while, but realised when I did a reinstall of my server box that I don't use Windows any more, so switched to NFS (which seemed to handle permissions a little better from my perspective). It seems though that the choice of NFS vs CIFS wouldn't impact upon this. Your comment about them taking a while to mount made me think about time-outs a bit, so will try an experiment or two... and get back. Thanks! Cheers, Pete. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
