Intermittent network connection problem

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/17/2009 10:20 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> ...
>>> and then you should get the running status again:
>>> $ /etc/init.d/samba status
>>>  * nmbd is running
>>>  * smbd is running
>> NoOp,
>>
>> Thanks alot for the detailed examples.  They will save me a lot of 
>> reboots.
>>
>> Also, you helped me redefine the real problem and that is Samba not 
>> starting. I just Googled that and see some hits, so maybe the longterm 
>> solution lies there.
> 
> Were I you, I'd simply reinstall samba at this point. You can of course
> sort throught the config files etc., to pinpoint the problem, but the
> easiest may be to purge and reinstall. From the gui:
> System|Adminstraton|Synaptic...|Quick Search: samba|right-click: samba
> |Mark for complete removal|Apply. Now click on 'samba' again & Mark for
> installation|Apply.
> 
>>From the cli/terminal:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get purge samba
> $ sudo apt-get install samba
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
> 
> 

Actually googling revealed that other people have had the same problem. 
  Apparently a race condition can develop between DHCP and the network 
manager.  I don't have much experience reading the bug tracker but it 
looks like a bug was filed and confirmed and then maybe cleared and then 
refiled.  A number of scripting workarounds were suggested.  I am not 
experienced enough to try them, the info you gave me will work fine for 
me until a fix is in place.

Regards,  Jim