Server is running samba-3.0.7-r1, client was running samba-3.0.7-r1 now running samba-3.0.7-1ubuntu6 while I'm testing ubuntu. Had the problem in both cases. While playing an mp3 through a mounted directory it stops and skips, I find this in dmesg: CIFS VFS: No response buffer smbfs has the same problem, but takes waaay longer to reconnect (doesn't count as skips when it has 2 minute pauses). If I play through nfs the file plays without any skips whatsoever. Server log shows this: [2004/11/01 14:29:25, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(837) 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service testshare [2004/11/01 14:29:25, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(648) 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) connect to service testshare initially as user neuron (uid=1001, gid=10) (pid 28227) [2004/11/01 14:29:46, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(837) 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service testshare [2004/11/01 14:29:46, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(648) 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) connect to service testshare initially as user neuron (uid=1001, gid=10) (pid 28228) [2004/11/01 14:30:07, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(837) 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) closed connection to service testshare [2004/11/01 14:30:07, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(648) 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) connect to service testshare initially as user neuron (uid=1001, gid=10) (pid 28756) as you can see from the timestamps it reconnects constantly. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.mount samba share 2.play mp3 Actual Results: Sound skips Expected Results: Should play smoothly. Portage 2.0.51-r2 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.4.1, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9 i686 AMD-K7(tm) Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.18 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/glftpd/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/mnt/storage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://192.168.0.1/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups encode f77 foomaticdb gd gd-external gdbm gif gpm imlib java jpeg ldap libg++ libwww mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xv zlib"
1) did you try sendfile=no, as suggested in the ebuild ? Which kernel did you use on the clients ? the later 2.6.x have some problems with smbfs, cifs might be a good alternative for the moment
Serverside I've been on 2.6.9 for a while because of an iptables bug on my firewall config. Clients have been 2.6.8.1, tried sendfile = no and been running an mp3 for 2 minutes without problems now (which is a new record), thanks, this seems to have solved it, I will reopen if I can recreate it with sendfile = no :)
Hmm, it seems this started happening again. It works fine for a while and then starts skipping.
turned on debug logging on the server and oddly enough I got debug data on the client aswell, the server had nothing interesting, but the client did: 3bff0000 424d53ff 0000002e c8018000 . .
turned on debug logging on the server and oddly enough I got debug data on the client aswell, the server had nothing interesting, but the client did: 3bff0000 424d53ff 0000002e c8018000 . . ÿ ; ÿ S M B . . . . . . . È 00000000 00000000 00000000 13e10001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . á . 05df0064 2c000200 d . ß . . CIFS VFS: No response buffer CIFS VFS: Send error in read = -11 CIFS VFS: No response buffer CIFS VFS: Invalid size or format for SMB found with length 36 and pdu_lenght 65343 Received Data is: : dump of 37 bytes of data at 0xc91609a0 this happens over and over and over, in this exact format.
Fam was the reason for this, disabling it and I've run for hours with no problems at all.
