jim wrote:
> "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
>
>
Have you got the guest account enabled on the XP boxes? Also sharing
enabled?

Jim