Buffalo LS-QL/R5

Bought a Buffalo Ls-QL/R5, a network aware server (NAS) that is acually an embedded linux device with apache / printer server and samba set up (altho tightly).

Some have had some success in hacking into earlier versions, so that they can give them additional functionalities etc. but so far no one with this device.

Like many devices in the world it is marketed as a window centric tool, but can be used in a linux environment.

However, many people have difficulty mounting it correctly. The solution that worked for me was:



mount //192.168.1.203/share /mnt/BUF -o user=myname,password=mypwrd,r,w,dmask=0777,fmask=0777


from the command line or in fstab



//192.168.1.203/share /mnt/BUF -o user=myname,password=mypwrd,r,w,dmask=0777,fmask=0777


How to get sound working in Karmic Koala

Could you please try the following, note that this is only if you run pulseaudio in your user session, not system wide:
1. Remove all pulseaudio related files from your home directory, so .pulse_cookie and .pulse/* leave the .pulse directory in tact for the next step.
2. Create /home/your-username/.pulse/client.conf and add the following line to it:
autospawn = no
This is so that when we kill pulseaudio, it won't start right back up again when we don't want it to.
3. Kill pulseaudio with "pulseaudio -k"
4. Reset your alsa volume settings with the following command: "sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils reset". You will be asked for your password due to using the sudo command.
 5. Start pulseaudio again with "start-pulseaudio-x11".
6. Check the alsa mixer again, and report back as to whether your volume levels are reset to 0.
If you have any questions as to the above steps, please let me know also.
 affects ubuntu/pulseaudio
 status incomplete