ps2client for linux question/problem

[axemann]

Hey guys... First post here. First off, great work on all the stuff here. I'm having a bit of a problem with the linux version of ps2client. I'm unsure as to what exactly I need to put in the elflist.txt. I've tried /mnt/media (actual directory, shared with Samba), /mnt/media/, tried running it in the /mnt/media directory, from the /root folder. I'm logging in as root. I've tried changing permissions, owners, etc...

For some reason, it gives me a segmentation fault every time I try to browse/change directories with SMS 1.4. I'm at a loss as to what to do, but I'm sure it's something simple that I'm over looking.

BTW... I can get it to work flawlessly under WinXP...

Thanks...

-Ben

[EEUG]

@axemann: Mr. Ronald has implemented 'host' support. I know quite little about 'elflist.txt' (I think it must contain local filesystem paths you want to share via ps2client). I've also noted that '/' is substituted by '\' in his code, maybe this causes the problem on linux (I think on Win32 we can also use '/', you can try to alter SMS's code 'Browser.c' file to verify that)...

[joe34]

I actually asked this question in another thread, but it never got answered. If you just want to have the contents of one folder show up when u go to host in SMS just cd to that directory then launch ps2client, and that will be the folder you are in. Unfortunately for whatever reason, and I don't know why any sub-folders will not work, they are just "unrecognized..."

[axemann]

I figured out the sub-folder thing (well...sort of...) It has to do with file/dir permissions, but I still can't do any browsing. Anyone know how SMS/ps2client accesses the filesystem? i.e. what user/group, and what permissions it's looking for?

[joe34]

It should access under whatever user/group you launch it as..

Why do you think it is a problem with permissions? As EEUG explained above dlanor substituted '\' for the '/'s in the code. Thus I would think that SMS doesn't see them as directories because it thinks only the backward slashes indicate folders instead of the linux standard forward slash..

[Yoc]

Is this still a problem with latest versions of SMS ? I can't make my elflist.txt work with mac OS X computer. And I have the same problem with Ulaunchelf. Anyone manage to make it work with Linux or OS X ?

[dlanor]

Is this still a problem with latest versions of SMS ? I can't make my elflist.txt work with mac OS X computer. And I have the same problem with Ulaunchelf. Anyone manage to make it work with Linux or OS X ?

Sorry, but this is all due to the assumptions in my PS2-side host code that ps2client and elflist.txt use backslash as path separator. I've explained this in another new reply to your post at PS2Dev.org too. Hopefully you can fix this by modifying the mac/Linux ps2client as suggested in that reply.

I'm afraid this problem is all my fault... (Mea culpa! )

Best regards: dlanor

[morphix]

@dlanor: could you post the link to the thread? as i am need of changing the ps2client linux source code to fix the problem.

[evilgrue]

Ups2client-3.0.0-p1
Unofficial ps2client release by evil
Based on ps2client-3.0.0 source tarball

WARNING!:
This ps2client patched release addresses some common faults encountered by
Unix users. It has been thoroughly tested on FreeBSD systems, but should work
on Linux and MacOS X boxes with little or no modifications (I'll check that
as soon as I have those systems at hand). Correct functionality on Cygwin
platform is highly unlikely -- may not even compile.

CHANGES:
2006-07-09:

* Fixed a very nasty issue in ps2link_request_read() that caused obscure
segfaults on FreeBSD systems. However, could not identify exact
origin of the problem. Probably a memory management fault of some kind.
* Fixed a REALLY MAJOR SCREWUP concerning directory traversal in
ps2link_request_readdir() that made files and directories from second
level downwards completely inaccessible. The fix is rather ugly and
clumsy, but worgz grate for me :-)
* Added support for character set conversion (KOI8->CP1251) so Russian file
names are now shown correctly in SMS. Could be turned off at compile time --
remove -DKOI8 from Makefile.

POSSIBLE BUGS AND PROBLEMS:
* elflist.txt handling code still remains totally screwed up since I do not
use those config files. It may work or may not work at all. Will
check it out sometime later.
* Only the functionality essential for SMS player operation has been tested.
* Tested only on FreeBSD 5 platform. Should compile and work fine on Linux
systems. MacOS X may require some minor modifications. Any feedback is
welcome on these issues.

FUTURE PLANS:
* Revision of the elflist.txt support routines.
* Adding some sort of AutoClient functionality, turning ps2client into a
standalone media server for SMS player that requires little to no user
interaction.

Enjoy!
--evil <evil@nr2.crimea.ua>

Remove .zip extension after download -- that is a .tar.bz2 file.
Feel free to contact me (PM, email or this thread) in case of problems.

[morphix]

the elflist.txt file still isnt being correctly read, but running ps2client in the dir which has the media in lets me view all subfolders and files. Symlinks work perfectly no need for elflist