Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!novia!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!x6g2000pbk.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Geoff Body Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: help needed -- A2SERVER (netatalk) for NAS Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:27:44 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <24344d42-6efc-41c3-9627-ab0e6972a664@ir9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <62dce7f0-ea58-47c9-9454-094e3dee8b75@c20g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 120.147.112.251 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1328473765 26097 127.0.0.1 (5 Feb 2012 20:29:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:29:25 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: x6g2000pbk.googlegroups.com; posting-host=120.147.112.251; posting-account=XojguQoAAACozqvhPts6p-mPk5q8-Q_8 User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-Header-Order: ARLUEHNKC X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0),gzip(gfe) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.apple2.programmer:133 On Feb 6, 3:49=A0am, Ivan X wrote: > On Feb 2, 8:29=A0am, Steven Hirsch wrote: > > > > > Where are you getting the netatalk sources? =A0If it's the upstream tar= ball, you > > might want to grab the Ubuntu source deb and pick through the various p= atches > > they apply to the build. =A0Something in there may need to be ported ov= er. > > I took a look at this angle, but I don't think it's going to bear > fruit because I don't use any of the Ubuntu or Debian source debs for > the A2SERVER VM -- it compiles and works on Debian (and Ubuntu) x86 > from the distribution tarball at netatalk.sourceforge.net. > > Western Digital do provide source code for the NAS, but the Netatalk > parts of it (which are provided for Mac OS X users) appear to be > identical to the Netatalk distribution source. I know that WD have > modified it, because it generates a file called AppleVolumes.shares > whenever Netatalk starts up, which is based on whatever shares you > have configured through the NAS GUI, and that file is what is paid > attention to, not AppleVolumes.default. So it's possible they made > other modifications to make Netatalk work right at all, and also > possible they didn't include those changes in their posted source > code. > > > It's actually good in a way that both Macs and A2s are having problems = - means > > it's something common and perhaps easier to find. > > Agreed, though I think I'm in over my head at this point in terms of > being able to actually find it. > > On Feb 3, 5:39=A0am, Geoff Body wrote: > > > Ivan > > are you able to get an Ethernet packet capture I could look at? > > Possibly. Should I be looking from the LocalTalk side, with that > utility you sent me, or from the Ethernet side? If the latter, what > might you suggest I use and can you provide any pointers? I've used > tcpdump before but we're not talking about TCP here so if you had a > specific idea I'll use it, otherwise I'll futz with tshark or > something. > > Thanks guys.