[ubuntu-uk] NFS and NetworkManager

[Peter Lewis]

Hi again folks,

On Sunday 02 December 2007 14:55:30 Mac wrote:
> 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.

I replied:
> 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!

On Sunday 02 December 2007 15:21:34 Tony Arnold wrote:
> > Is this a desktop that always connects to the same Wireless Access
> > Point? if so, you could manually configure the wireless (click on the
> > network manager icon and select manual configuration). The wireless
> > connection should come up at boot time then.

I replied:
> Another good suggestion, thanks Tony. I've switched it over to a manual
> configuration (i.e. in /etc/network/interfaces) now, so will do a reboot
> and see what happens...

Well, a combination of both seems to have fixed it.

In summary, I switched the network to manual configuration, meaning that it 
got brought up during boot rather than at the behest of the tray icon once 
I'd logged in.

I was also suffering I think since I was trying to mount three shares at once, 
and the server couldn't reply quick enough so that none of the three would 
time out. From what I've read NFS clients time out after a fixed period and 
then attempt to try again. I've increased the timout from 1.4 seconds to 3 
seconds, and it seems to have done the trick. It took the last share a couple 
of minutes to become available, but did so by the time I logged in.

Thanks for the thoughts!

Pete.