lubuntu-desktop team mailing list archive

[Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 20:08 +0000, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> I've only ever had MacOSX and Win connected via Samba, and I'm using a
> set of instructions for pyneighborhood that are for a an earlier
> release.
> 
> 
> As pcmanfm uses gvfs for the smb part, and there appears to be an
> elephant in the room re: the core 10.04 and samba I'd hate to start
> pointing fingers. I don't have enough knowledge of samba to state
> yes / no as to if the bug others are seeing on 'main' 10.04 carries
> over to lubuntu, but I figure it would.
> 
> 
> I also cannot state if pyneighborhood uses the gvfs interface, but it
> would make sense if it did.
> 
> 
> Hopefully one of the lubuntu devs could tell us if the reported
> gremlin in the 10.04 area would affect lubuntu.
> 
> 
> My own thought is to hold back until they have it fixed in 10.04 main,
> but I am completely open to being corrected and being informed that
> the samba issue with gvfsd-smb-browse does NOT have any effect on
> lubuntu.
> 
> 
> Assuming we wait until it is fixed for ubuntu 10.04, I'll then set up
> a share with that, so I know it all works - Then I'll try with
> Lubuntu. 
> 
> 
> I'm open to any comments / suggestions, though :-)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Phill.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Phix <phix.nay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         I can help with testing if you'd like. Pyneighborhood was
>         something I tried in karmic lubuntu before installing alpha 3,
>         and it didn't work very well there either, but that might have
>         been from the bug in samba main. 
>         
>         
>         On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Phill Whiteside
>         <phillw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         
>                 
>                 Hi, 
>                 
>                 
>                 I don't know how others are getting on with
>                 pyneighborhood, I've been struggling, it seems that I
>                 am not alone with samba. 
>                 
>                 
>                 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1426517 
>                 
>                 
>                 There appears to be gremlin in the works :-( 
>                 
>                 
>                 Regards, 
>                 
>                 
>                 Phill. 
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
Can’t get it to behave properly here, although it is getting better.
There a several bugs against samba and gvfs in launchpad at the
moment,that I’ve subscribed to, so I’m just waiting to see if there is a
fix. 
>