On 29 Oct, George Vieira wrote: > One point, I have seen many windows 9X machines where the SMB system is > screwed and required removal of "File and Print Sharing" off the > machine/Reboot/Reinstall it and it'll work again. > > Usually after a boot up of Win9X, you have to wait a while before network > neighbourhood collects a list of machines on the network.. if you can't get > this list still after 5 minutes then you probably got this "File and Print > Sharing" problem. You should also be able to see your self on the list, not > just the linux box.
First, my apologies for sending that last email to the list. I'm also discussing my problem with someone very helpful on the Samba mailing list who'd siggested a tcpdump to help diagnose the problem, and I pasted into the wrong compose window. :-( What I meant to write here was a thanks, first, and a note that I tried your suggestion, George, but it didn't fix the problem. With file and printer sharing removed, it fails much more quickly; with it added back in it takes about a minute before it gives up and fails. (And I see the sort of tcpdump info that I accidentally posted here.) If I get this sorted out, I'll post a summary of what the solution was, just in case it's of use to someone else. Thanks again, luke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
