Can't see MS network/shares

[tacoz]

I'm dual-booting XP (on work LAN) and XFCE.
In XFCE I can see my local Windows partition and I can ping network servers but I cannot view any network servers from the file manager. As soon as I type a SMB location (in the location bar) it gets a red icon (like no access or not available).
What is missing or what needs configuring?

[Husse]

You have to enable "Shared folders" first You find it in "Mint config"
Sorry if this is obvious to you but I have to start somewhere
You can also search the forum for samba or smb and the username AvanceIT (in Advanced search)
I would not be surprised if you find your solution there

[kwisher]

I believe this is a Mint-5 issue, but I may be wrong. I also have a mixed environment with Windows and Linux. With Mint-4, I had no problem browsing Linux (Samba) or Windows network shares with either Nautilus or Konqueror. My Windows machines can browse shares just fine. In order for me to have access to my Mint-5 server from my Mint-5 desktop, I have to mount each share in fstab.

[Husse]

@ kwisher
then you used fuse-smb which is not included in Elyssa
A good tool but with some unsolved issues
It is possible to install it in Elyssa (look in synaptic, I'm not sure of the exact name)

[Guest]

Yes I'm faced with the same issue.

fusesmb installed, tried static and dynamic IP's

can't get list of smb-servers no result , query with smblookup or netbios ?

in terminal:
failed "smbclient -L <IP- of the share>"
failed create new smb-password using: "smbclient -a -U <smb-username>"

but Yes, I can mount manually , taping in the UNC-path of the smb-share
Tunar:
menu, go to, location, "smb://<netbios-name of server>/<share>

strange!