Unable to mount NFS share [Solved]

[Douglas_E_Knapp]

I have listed exports, it is the last thing on my post. I will edit to make that more clear. Changing from 192.168.2.0/24 to your number would be hard "as I am a totally nfs newbie and ipo newbie as well". It took me some time to get my address working. (I had a working nfs before I switched my main box to Sabayon from Kubuntu. This switch has been REALLY good. I have not had a system crash since! Before they were become as bad as XP was in 2000.)

I very much suspect that the server is working and that that client is the problem. I wish that I had more info about how to test and debug a system on both ends! I am very shocked that no one has ever made a GUI interface to set all this up automatically.

[linuxfluesterer]

Hallo Douglas.
I just made a second client test with my Netbook, where I have an older Kubuntu (11.10, Oneiric).
Here I did my bind on my SL X and then started the nfs server,
then I followed to create a new directory on Kubuntu with:

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mkdir /Sabayon_nfs

and mounted with:

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mount -t nfs 192.168.99.ip//srv/nfs4 /Sabayon_nfs

and, believe me, the nfs shares from Sabayon where really mounted and accessable.
So, there is no problem in Sabayon, in Kubuntu and in nfs at all.

I remember maybe 3 years ago, there was a gui for easier nfs access (in Kubuntu), but then it was cancelled,
maybe because of changing to nfs4.

You could do a check after binding: You could type:

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mount

and after <Enter>, you can search for nfs4. If you see it, then you have confirmation that your real directory is bind to /srv/nfs4. This is a MUST, be sure of it.
And .. maybe better, you should try with one easy real dir to export, just to follow your results step by step.
Did you install and start nfs-kernel-server on Kubuntu also?

NFS was much more difficult than it is now, but it is not a KDE topic, it is a Linux topic.
I also started nfs-kernel-server on my Kubuntu now, after binding my dirs to export.
Though I received an error message (/etc/exports.d no such file or directory), the /srv/nfs4 and subdirectories where exported correctly and I could mount and access them with my Sabayon.

I will repeat.. there is no problem with nfs at all, it works, ask Dudumomo.
Ip address is not really the hurdle. It should work with /24 also.

-Linuxfluesterer (I love KDE ...)