Intermittent network connection problem

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 12/17/2009 05:40 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
> ...
>>> >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.
>>
> 
> Forgot to add that when you install/reinstall from Synaptic, you still
> should restart the session:
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
> or
> $ sudo services samba restart
> 
> But in your case, you might want to also do a reboot just to see if smdb
> and nmdb fire up & are running on the reboot. Note: it's not usually
> necessary to reboot, but given your previous problem(s) it can't hurt to
> test.
> 
OK, will do.

Regards, Jim