[ubuntu-uk] New twist on file sharing.

[Alan Pope]

On 3 March 2011 13:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> On both my Netbook and Laptop, if I do System-Preferences-Personal File
> Sharing the dialog box tells me that "This feature cannot be enabled because
> the required packages are not installed on your system"
> NO mention WHATSOEVER of what packages ARE required. What a stupid
> Windows-like error message. How the hell do I find out what packages ARE
> required?

Congratulations!

You have found a bug!

Luckily it's already been reported by another user.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-user-share/+bug/536766

My pro-tip of the day:-

"When getting error messages, paste them into your favourite search
engine to see if it's a known issue."

Al.