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I have 2 Ubuntu 10.10 machines, a desktop with VirutalBox and a laptop without
VirtualBox. I have a printer which I want to share over the LAN to a Windows XP
machine. I cannot share it on the desktop with VirtualBox but have no problem
on the laptop. I use Administration -> Printing -> Add -> Network Printer ->
Windows Printer via SAMBA -> Browse... I will see WORKGROUP and see both of my
computers. Here is the kick: if the printer is on the laptop it will appear
when I click ILAN-LAPTOP. On the other hand if it is on my desktop, it will not
appear when I click ILAN-MAIN (the desktop with VirtualBox).
Whenever the update manager has updates, I install them. One day the update
included samba client and after I installed the update, everything started to
work and I could share the printer. A couple of days later there was another
update which included a new kernel. After that it went back to the failed
state. So it seems that someone knows there is a problem and it can get fixed,
but I don't think the connection to VirtualBox is appreciated. (It ALWAYS works
on the laptop, but rarely works on the desktop except when I'm lucky enough to
get a correct update.)
BTW, I should mention that I am NOT trying to share the printer within the
guest OS of VirtualBox, but rather from the Ubuntu 10.10 host itself.
I would like someone to reproduce the bug so that it can be finally fixed, once
and for all.
Kernel Linux 2.6.35-27-generic. Gnome 2.32.0
Thanks,
Ilan
** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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samba not working for printer sharing with VirtualBox
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/730469
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