Can't "see" other networked computers

noxious · 02-17-2006, 09:00 AM

I had to reinstall etch via netinstall from that last update... now I'm on a fresh system, but can't connect to other computers on the windows (samba) network.

I go to ==>Places, ==>Network Servers, ==>Windows Network, then double-click the Windows Network icon - in the past installs, this immediately brought up the computers on the network. Now, I get a "Can't Display Location" window, with "Couldn't display "smb:///".

What gives? Samba is installed, and the smb.conf has the correct workgroup name... what am I missing?

dracae · 02-17-2006, 09:03 AM

You need to install libsmbclient and/or libgnomevfs2-extra

satinet · 02-17-2006, 09:04 AM

not sure, but you should note that smb.conf is for when your box is a samba server, not when you are connecting to M$ windows boxes.

noxious · 02-17-2006, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dracae

You need to install libsmbclient and/or libgnomevfs2-extra

Already had libsmbclient - installed libgnomevfs2-extra... No more errors, but I just can't see anybody else. "0 items" is in the bottom left corner...

????

noxious · 02-17-2006, 09:37 AM

I can connect to other computers if I go to ==>Places, ==>Connect to Server... then put in the IP address of the server.

I used to be able to see other computers on the network right out of the box with my (previous) installation of Etch or with Sarge. What changed?

dracae · 02-17-2006, 09:54 AM

Not seeing anything when trying smb:/// is apparently a bug that exists in gnome 2.6-2.8 but smb://server/share should work fine. You can also do smb://workgroup and you will be able to see the servers but not open them

psychobuffalo · 03-04-2006, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dracae

Not seeing anything when trying smb:/// is apparently a bug that exists in gnome 2.6-2.8 but smb://server/share should work fine.

Yes, this is what has happened for me, as well as the symptoms mentioned by earlier posters. But I am using gnome 2.12.2 - so what is the solution to see Windows workgroups/computers in ==>Places, ==>Network Servers, ==>Windows Network?

kushalkoolwal · 03-04-2006, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by psychobuffalo

Yes, this is what has happened for me, as well as the symptoms mentioned by earlier posters. But I am using gnome 2.12.2 - so what is the solution to see Windows workgroups/computers in ==>Places, ==>Network Servers, ==>Windows Network?

The best way to see your Workgroup/Domain computers is to do
go to ==>Places, ==>Connect to Server... then put in the IP address of the server.
as suggested by noxious. It works fine for me. I have been accessing computers over a domain network...