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    [other] Re: Problems transferring audio files to IPod

    Bliffle: just saw your post. I use gtkpod on 9.04, I think my notes on it from the time are further below.

    I'd love to hear if you get it going retro-actively.



    Go to Synaptic Package...
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    [other] Re: Problems transferring audio files to IPod

    Sorry, just a discussion point: I have the same problem, but I have to say that I believe this is a linux Kernel problem and not something that Apple did. My wife refuses to update her 9.04 Jaunty...
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    [xubuntu] Re: Cricket Wireless EC1705

    Just hijacking and old thread to say thanks to thelinuxgeek, I was setting up a comp for a client with mint 11 and this helped. In my case I just had to go to edit connections by clicking the network...
  4. [ubuntu] Re: Just installed on a Toshiba Satellite A105 - very slow

    Oops, BTW playing with 2 Gig of Ram here.
  5. [ubuntu] Re: Just installed on a Toshiba Satellite A105 - very slow

    I am not a new linux user. I have this exact machine A105 S1013. Ubuntu 10.04 does not play well with it (Jaunty does). I've been trying like crazy to get wireless working (an atheros card).

    No...
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    Re: Mount samba shares with utf8 encoding using cifs

    There is a bug that causes a conflict between rhythmbox and winbind in Karmic and Lucid. Rhythmbox crashes when accessing any network/internet resource. The only forum link I have found is here:
    ...
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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Wow, long lasting thread...

    Been using Linux as primary at home and office for 4 years. Only three things make me reach for Windows:

    1. Visual Basic Macros for Excel. May be able to do in OO,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lucid and Samba - here we go again [rant]

    Sorry, No. 3 is wrong. That should be go to Start - Run in Windows type cmd, type ipconfig in the terminal window.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lucid and Samba - here we go again [rant]

    For a month from March through April, I worked with a good person on this forum to resolve his issues/my issues with Samba. Some of the things gleaned from four pages of posts are:

    1. Disable the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lost access to shared folders on XP

    I got my lucid machine talking to Windows and others with Dmizer's guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149&highlight=failed+retrieve

    Specifically problem 3.

    I rebooted my modem,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lucid and Samba - here we go again [rant]

    Correction: I'm not really sure if it was necessary to reboot everything, after I did, I went back to Problem 3 in the guide above and I had entered the wrong thing in the nsswitch.conf file.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lucid and Samba - here we go again [rant]

    I agree, I did get it working in Lucid, but I had to reboot my modem/router and every computer on the system as well as follow Dmizer's guide at the following...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Lost access to shared folders on XP

    Can you connect via Places - Connect to Server - Windows Share? You should not need any more information than the ip address of the machine you are connecting to.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    My problems were solved by dmizer's post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149&highlight=failed+retrieve

    Specifically by completing the steps in Problem 3.

    I must not have had the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    That is what I love about the Ubuntu community, that people help each other and that you learn by teaching, or sharing what you know. Or at least problem solving together.

    For me, I'm interested...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Great! I'm glad you got it working.

    Try using the GUI:

    sudo apt-get install gufw

    Go to System - Administration - firewall configuration and disable the firewall (uncheck enable firewall)....
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    You asked about Windows seeing the Ubuntu machine. Windows can see that there is a Unix type machine, but can't read the ext3 filesystem. You would need to have a FAT or NTFS partition or external...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Further below is a copy of my fstab file from Jaunty for comparison purposes. A couple of thoughts:

    Interesting that Samba is recognizing Ufolder as a disk, but not mounting it. You might try some...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Oh yeah, I should have said, replace 192.168.0.22 with the IP address you get from Windows.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Yes. 192.168.0.22 is a linux machine. If you go to Start, Run, type, cmd, then ipconfig in your Windows machine, what do you get?

    I tested the guest login on my hardy machine and it works. Your...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    I'm going to test the guest login in my Hardy machine. In the meantime, can you tell me what you get back, if anything, when you enter the following in Terminal:

    smbclient -L //192.168.0.22

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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Two things I see:

    1. remove the space in the last set of 7's in either line:

    //192.168.0.22/Tablet2 /home/ed/Windows cifs guest,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

    2. I forget...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Thank you for that.

    One thing that may be confusing is that I changed:

    /media/sharename

    to:

    /home/john/sharename
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    If you've stuck with it this far you are really close.

    Let's break this down, the first part:

    //netbiosname/sharename

    This is the Windows side. Like you said the netbiosname is your LAN IP:...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Failed to retrieve share list from server

    Permanently Mount Windows Shares

    I have tested explicitly from these instructions on a Gnome Hardy Box, but use same in Intrepid and Jaunty as well. I have to waive liability for anyone messing up...
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