"Jim Dell" <James.Dell@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> jim wrote:
>> "goarilla" <kevin.paulus@skynet.remove-this.be> wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:19:01 -0400, jim wrote:
>>>
>>>> "goarilla" <kevin.paulus@skynet.remove-this.be> wrote in message
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>>>>> 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

yes

jim