Network Browser (Samba) Problems

[olivertreend]

I've been having problems with browsing Samba shares on the local network.

Normally, I click on "Network" on the main menu. However, this usually doesn't open any window. A few minutes later, it comes back with an error: "Couldn't display "network:///". - Error: DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Please select another viewer and try again."

I don't know if this means anything to anyone, but it's confused me!

So, I removed and purged the Samba client with the following command in Terminal: "sudo apt-get remove --purge smbclient"
and then reinstalled it with "sudo apt-get install smbclient"

When I finally get the Network window open, it shows the workgroups, but it doesn't find any computers within any workgroup. It goes really slow trying to browse the network, and the file browser usually freezes.

Browsing Samba shares has always been a little dodgy, even when I had Daryna!

Is this just a bug in Linux Mint/Ubuntu? Does anybody know how to fix it?
Help would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks.

[miket]

Hi !

I've been having problems with browsing Samba shares on the local network.

Normally, I click on "Network" on the main menu. However, this usually doesn't open any window. A few minutes later, it comes back with an error: "Couldn't display "network:///". - Error: DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
Please select another viewer and try again."
I don't know if this means anything to anyone, but it's confused me!
So, I removed and purged the Samba client with the following command in Terminal: "sudo apt-get remove --purge smbclient"
and then reinstalled it with "sudo apt-get install smbclient"
When I finally get the Network window open, it shows the workgroups, but it doesn't find any computers within any workgroup. It goes really slow trying to browse the network, and the file browser usually freezes.
Browsing Samba shares has always been a little dodgy, even when I had Daryna!
Is this just a bug in Linux Mint/Ubuntu? Does anybody know how to fix it?
Help would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks.

This is a common problem with the network facility in Ubuntu/Mint due to it's lack of maturity

The best thing to do is install smb4k, it's works a treat and has resolved no end of issues for people

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sudo apt-get install smb4k

Once installed you can start it from the main menu, normally it is installed under Accessories ... but this seems to vary

Let us know how you get on ...


Mike.

[olivertreend]

Aah, thanks Mike! Works like a charm! I can't believe I never found this before!

[miket]

Hi Oliver !

Aah, thanks Mike! Works like a charm! I can't believe I never found this before!

It's a good little tool
We're not far from each other ... http://www.avanceit.co.uk

Have fun !

Mike.