I recently upgraded Ubuntu 5.10 to 6.06 (from Breezy release to Dapper release). The upgrade went well, once I ironed out a few issues. I have found, however, that I was unable to browse the windows xp computer on my network. When trying to browse the network I would get this error:
smb:/// is not a valid location
The odd thing is that I was able to print to shared printers on the WinXP machine. I was also able to browse the Samba shares on the Ubuntu machine from the WinXP machine. I was not able to browse the network from Ubuntu though.
I searched high and low on the internet for some answers and very little useful help was forthcoming. I eventually found one key tip that fixed this issue simply and without any further mucking around editing configuration files (which was all to no avail).
The trick the worked was to install the package called libgnomevfs2-extra
I installed that and voila, problemo solved. If you get the “smb:/// is not a valid location” error then try this out and let me know if it fixes it for you.
You can install this package using the built in Package Manager or using the apt-get command at the command prompt.
this is exactly the post I was looking for and was hoping it was something as simple as a missing package, because I ran the smbclient and could see my shares just not in the graphical interface section. I am glad I did not continue to beat my self up by continually changing the smb.conf file. Thanks
Hey Todd,
Glad it helped. Yes, I too mucked around with various config files (yes, smb.conf among others) and all that was required was this simply fix.
Thanks for letting me know it worked for you too.
Jonathan
same problem, same fix. thankyou.
Did the trick for me too. I had a mega problem with a samba package that a search on the ubuntu forum helped solved… and just as miraculous a solution was this. How on Io did you come to the conclusion that was the missing package?
Glad it helped. Actually I was not the one that figured out which package was missing. I came across some info on another site somewhere that pointed me in that direction. I looked up so many things on this that I don’t now recall just which site had the key bit of info.
Be well,,,
Jonathan
THANK you, It was so easy. I had re-installed Samba after uninstalling completely but no joy. Who would have thought it was a missing libray. Thank you so much for sharing, I can see my network now!
man!!! i never thought it was a missing library. thank you for the enlightmen man, brings me joy again :).
Perfect!! Thank you very much!
Worked like a dream! You are a legend!
thanks a lot man
I think I’ve read something simillar a few days ago. I don’t remember where, might have been on digg.com or slashdot.
thanks this is a great help