Harry Kuhman
12-11-2004, 06:30 PM
I've just installed Debian sarge to a hard disk and am starting to work with it. So far I'm much more impressed with Knoppix and Kanotix, but wanted some "pure" Debain experience and wanted something that was intended from the ground up for hard drive install (seen way too many "can't access the Internet after installing to hard disk" posts here). I've quickly come across a networking puzzle that I can't understand. Here are the details:
This is a "desktop" install of Sarge. I've grabbed a few small aps of the Debian website, but nothing that affects networking (other than the desktop install). From the menu I can start the thing called "Network servers", which starts up a window with a title of "Network" and in the window it shows an icon labeled "Windows Network".
Damn, my question just got a lot more complicated! Yesterday, if I clicked the WWindows Network" icon, another window would open and I could see the rest of my Windows Network in it. I was able to drag and drop files across the network. I've never gotten Samba to work in Knoppix or Kanotix, but this worked great. That was yesterday .......
So I've rebooted both systems since then. I'm poking around in the Debian menus and come across System tools -> Networking and run it and put in the root password. On the screen that comes up I take the 2nd tab (General) and I notice that the Windows Network box is unchecked. When I try to cjeck it, I get a message that pops up telling me "SMB support is not running"and that I don't have SMB installed and that I should install it if I ever want to be able to check that box without seeing that message.
So my first question is, What was I running to see the Windows Network and transfer files between my Windows box and my Debian box if it wasn't SMB?
But it gets better. As I went to write this I stepped through all of the steps again, so that I would get the names of the menu items and window titles correct. But this time when I clicked to open the "Windows Network" icon, it opened a completely empty window. I can no longer see the other computers, although I'm certain I did yesterday (I even still have a file on the desktop that I moved to Debain across the network, so I'm certain that it's this install I'm remembering). So how is that this all worked yesterday, but is not working today, after just a simple reboot?
This is a "desktop" install of Sarge. I've grabbed a few small aps of the Debian website, but nothing that affects networking (other than the desktop install). From the menu I can start the thing called "Network servers", which starts up a window with a title of "Network" and in the window it shows an icon labeled "Windows Network".
Damn, my question just got a lot more complicated! Yesterday, if I clicked the WWindows Network" icon, another window would open and I could see the rest of my Windows Network in it. I was able to drag and drop files across the network. I've never gotten Samba to work in Knoppix or Kanotix, but this worked great. That was yesterday .......
So I've rebooted both systems since then. I'm poking around in the Debian menus and come across System tools -> Networking and run it and put in the root password. On the screen that comes up I take the 2nd tab (General) and I notice that the Windows Network box is unchecked. When I try to cjeck it, I get a message that pops up telling me "SMB support is not running"and that I don't have SMB installed and that I should install it if I ever want to be able to check that box without seeing that message.
So my first question is, What was I running to see the Windows Network and transfer files between my Windows box and my Debian box if it wasn't SMB?
But it gets better. As I went to write this I stepped through all of the steps again, so that I would get the names of the menu items and window titles correct. But this time when I clicked to open the "Windows Network" icon, it opened a completely empty window. I can no longer see the other computers, although I'm certain I did yesterday (I even still have a file on the desktop that I moved to Debain across the network, so I'm certain that it's this install I'm remembering). So how is that this all worked yesterday, but is not working today, after just a simple reboot?