[tom]

Thanks for the screenshot.
Isn't there any simple scene without textures for starting with?
Let's make it read the scene first, then we can check texture paths.

\\nova\data\test.mxs could be a good start...

[tom]

Also when you open a window in Ubuntu and type "/Nova/data/", it will send you to "smb://IP/data" or "smb://machine/data"? I guess this trick is only working with machine name.

[pwrdesign]

Also when you open a window in Ubuntu and type "/Nova/data/", it will send you to "smb://IP/data" or "smb://machine/data"? I guess this trick is only working with machine name.

It didnt work to mount it with the computername so we used the IP when we mounted it..

If I open a window and type /nova/data it sends me to /nova/data...

If I type smb://nova/data it sends me to the correct place

[pwrdesign]

See printscreen...

[pwrdesign]

I've did a simple test with just a test.mxs under /nova/data with a material without textures.

Same thing happends... just for the records

Maxwell Render® 1.6.1 Linux64
(C) 2004-2007. Next Limit Technologies

/opt/maxwell64-1.6/mxcl -server
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[04/februari/2008 17:16:49] Starting Render Node

[04/februari/2008 17:17:41] Reading MXS://Nova/data/test.mxs
ERROR: - MXS file does not exist

ERROR: - Render Failed

[tom]

I don't understand why this line has double slashes on your Linux mxcl log.
Here mine has only a single slash... I think you need to find a way to mount it using the machine name.

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[04/februari/2008 17:17:41] Reading MXS://Nova/data/test.mxs

[pwrdesign]

I don't understand why this line has double slashes on your Linux mxcl log.
Here mine has only a single slash... I think you need to find a way to mount it using the machine name.

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[04/februari/2008 17:17:41] Reading MXS://Nova/data/test.mxs

OK Ill try that but I dont see how that could make any difference?
Does it really matter how the mount looks like?
Software on the computer only see /nova/data anyway, right?
Is'nt it totally transparent how the data ended up there?

Are you shure that maxwell recognices that its handled by cifs and that its on another computer?

Ill try this tomorrow, thanks for today Tom

[tom]

I'm not so sure about why it fails with your system. I just know the only two differences with yours and mine are smbfs and machine name. So, I can't imagine anything else making it fail, it should work as I have it working here.

[pwrdesign]

I've unmounted /nova/data now and trying to mount it the way you've done it:


mount -t smbfs //nova/data /nova/data

This is the error I get then:

[tom]

...and if you do this?

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root@corvette:/# /bin/mount -t smbfs //nova/data /nova/data

[pwrdesign]

...and if you do this?

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root@corvette:/# /bin/mount -t smbfs //nova/data /nova/data

Then I'm getting the same error...

I've also checked that my smbfs is the most recent version.

[pwrdesign]

smbfs mount dosnt seems to work on my machine...
I try to cifs mount it with the computername it says:

root@corvette:/# mount -t cifs //nova/data /nova/data
mount error: improperly formatted UNC name. /nova/data does not begin with \\ or //
No ip address specified and hostname not found

[tom]

Try adding nova to known hosts list (System / Administration / Network / Hosts).
In my first attempt smbfs has failed, too. Then I launched Synaptic and selected everything about Samba and samba related mounting stuff, it worked.

[pwrdesign]

I've added the following lines to the hosts file with help from the IT guys here:

192.168.151.84 nova.local nova

Im rebooting the system now, and then Ill try mount it again

[pwrdesign]

Hm... it seems like that I cant mount with computername at all
Works fine with the IP name though.

I have no clue why it dosnt work