cannot open a file over my network

[Stephen Constantinou]

Dear Dan

Good advice.

I can save and open a file on the Linux machine but I cannot save a file 
onto the networked/XP machine.

Hope that helps

Stephen

Dan Farrell wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:07:58 +0100
> Stephen Constantinou <stephanos at writeme.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear All
>>
>> I have a network of two computers behind a Smoothwall firewall.  One
>> is an ethernet connection to a switch the other is a wireless
>> connection to a wireless/4 port router set up as an access point
>> connected to the switch.
> 
> Shouldn't be any problems there... 
> 
>> The ethernet computer is an XP and the wireless connection is a Ubuntu
>> 8.1 laptop that I have recently installed a load of updates for.  136
>> in fact.
>>
>> Since this update of packages, I am not able to do his.  After I click
>>   the file the OO splash screen starts but does not continue to open
>> OO or the file.  No application opens and no error messages occur.
>>
>> I have tried looking through the installed packages but I cannot
>> identify any one package that might have done this.
>>
>> I look at System Settings > Sharing > File Sharing which is set to
>> Simple Sharing.
>>
>> I am at a loss to know what I did and what I can do to solve it.
> 
> Better make sure openoffice is working.  Why don't you try to start it
> without opening a network file?  If it can create a new file, you know
> it is a network/share problem.  IF not, the problem is with the local
> openoffice software.  
> 
>> Any help appreciated
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>