"goarilla" <kevin.paulus@skynet.remove-this.be> wrote in message
news:484d5621$0$2794$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:19:01 -0400, jim wrote:
>
>> "goarilla" <kevin.paulus@skynet.remove-this.be> wrote in message
>> news:484d16ef$0$2794$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
>>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:38:02 +0000, goarilla wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:20:01 -0400, jim wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I loaded PCLinuxOS 2007, opened Konquerer, Go > Network Folders >
>>>>> Local Network. And, I got....
>>>>>
>>>>> "The Lisa daemon does not appear to be running. In order to use the
>>>>> LAN Browser the Lisa daemon must be installed and activated by the
>>>>> system administrator."
>>>>>
>>>>> Still can't browse XP shared folders.
>>>>>
>>>>> WTF? Do Linux distro people REALLY believe that a Linux user will
>>>>> never have to browse folders on a Windows network? And, if they know
>>>>> that their users will probably have to do so, why doesn't this #@%#
>>>>> work out of the box?
>>>>>
>>>>> jim
>>>>
>>>> try to put smb://
>>>> in the location bar and then ... press enter
>>>>
>>> i mean smb:/
>>
>> Yep. tried that too.... Still nothing.
>>
>> I am really hoping that this 3 hour long OpenSuse install will talk to
>> my XP boxes "out of the box".
>>
>> Supposedly that was one of their strong points for joingin forces with
>> Microsoft.
>>
>> We'll see if the install ever completes.
>>
>> jim
>
> is your network card working ?

yes. I can surf and email...I just can't see any of the XP Pcs on the
network.

>
> also try the console programs:
> smbtree, smbclient, nmblookup ...

I'll give those a shot - right after I get a little sleep......

Thanks!

jim