Please help a Linux newbie!

[Matthew S-H]

Actually, could you keep this topic on-list?  I would be interested in 
what to do also as I will finally be setting up my home network next 
week.  (Between 2 MacOS X systems, 1 Ubuntu/WinXP/Debian Testing/Gentoo 
system, and 1 MacOS X/Ubuntu system).
Also, for the person who posted this, you should probably use a more 
descriptive subject line next time.  Some people may only be 
knowledgeable in certain areas and may only reply to those kinds of 
e-mails.  A perfect subject line for this would've been "SMB networking 
problem (newbie)".  Not a big deal, but it might help you get responses 
:).

~Matt


On Mar 8, 2005, at 4:06 PM, Klaus Domes wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
>
> May I indulge the lists patience?
>
>
> I am a total Linux newbie!
>
> Let me mention at the outset, I am running four P4-machines on a home
> office LAN.
>
>
> About three weeks ago an article was published in the technologies
> section of a local newspaper extolling the virtues of Linux. It
> mentioned the possibility of having a look-see at Linus by using a
> “Live-CD”. Since I just had another “run-in” with windows I decided to
> give it a check.
>
> After downloading several Live-CD distros ( Ubuntu, Beatrix, Mandrake,
> etc) and looking at each of them, I decided on Ubuntu, which I finally
> downloaded and installed on the machine doing all of my email/Internet
> work as OS. All other units are still using MS Windows XP at the time.
>
>
> I am impressed! To put it mildly!
> I only run into one problem I can't resolve due to my inexperience. I
> can't reach anylonger across the LAN to fetch files (.doc, .jpg) from
> the other XP-OS machines or my laptop which is also running XP.
>
>
> Whenever I try to “Enable Windows networking” in Computer->Network
> Settings->General, I get a message saying “SMB support not running” and
> the request “to install SMB support in the system to enable file 
> sharing
> in Windows networks”.
>
>
> I am glue-less! What am I to do? BTW I have “Warty” installed.
>
> Could some kind soul maybe take a minute to write me down a step by 
> step
> on how to proceed? I know it is probably a basic problem and must have
> been answered before. Unfortunately, after unsuccessfully searching for
> several days through all sorts of lists and web sites I'm getting a
> little bit discouraged.
>
>
> I don't want to revert back to MS! Anyone willing to lend me a helping
> hand can contact me off list at semod at vif.com .
>
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Klaus Domes
>
> Montreal, Canada
>
>
>
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