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Digitallysick
July 3rd, 2005, 11:26 PM
Ive got a problem, my mac sees my Ubuntu pc but when i click on it in the network and click "connect" i get the spinning ball of death on my mac, do i have some settings wrong on my Ubuntu pc? any ideas?? its really important that i can transfer files between the 2
dkitty
July 4th, 2005, 11:13 AM
I haven't tried it myself, but I hear that Samba is the way to go. Check this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30243).

There's also a bit about Samba in the Unofficial Ubuntu Starter Guide (http://ubuntuguide.org/#sambaserver). I'm reasonably sure that only covers the server bit of Samba and that there's also a client to install. I don't know much more of the specifics but I imagine a few searches of these forums would dig up plenty of information.
Digitallysick
July 4th, 2005, 10:15 PM
i think samba is installed correctly?? i know its on the ubuntu box, i dont know about what i need on the laptop to connect?
ltmon
July 4th, 2005, 11:56 PM
i think samba is installed correctly?? i know its on the ubuntu box, i dont know about what i need on the laptop to connect?

I wish I could help, but I have the same problem! I haven't yet found the answer.

Anyone?

L.
crashtest
July 5th, 2005, 07:11 AM
I wish I could help, but I have the same problem! I haven't yet found the answer.

Anyone?

L.

If you run an ftp server on the Ubuntu machine, you can connect to it from the Mac.
In Finder, you click 'Go', then 'Connect to server'. Enter the IP address, and connect. Now the Ubuntu machine can be browsed thru Finder, and will actually show up as a mounted drive on the desktp.
Digitallysick
July 5th, 2005, 10:27 AM
running an ftp on it sounds like a great idea, i think that would work the easiest, im going to try it out, thanks for the ideas!
ltmon
July 5th, 2005, 08:03 PM
If you run an ftp server on the Ubuntu machine, you can connect to it from the Mac.
In Finder, you click 'Go', then 'Connect to server'. Enter the IP address, and connect. Now the Ubuntu machine can be browsed thru Finder, and will actually show up as a mounted drive on the desktp.

Yeah, this is probably easier than Samba and has all the functionality I need.

Cheers,

L.
Len
July 6th, 2005, 12:02 PM
I also had the same problem with some installations (others not...). No doubt that OS X is the blame here. OS 7, 8 and 9 (with additional software) and Windows work very nice with the samba shares of Ubuntu. Didn't try this with OS X 10.4 yet, but with 10.3.9 this still was an issue, but not with every Ubuntu machine.

FTP shares are indeed an option, or something funny: if you enable "windows sharing" on OS X Ubuntu can connect to the OS X machine without problem. Weird...