I just installed Kubuntu 9.04 on one computer and all my other three Kubuntu 8.04 computers cannot see the 9.04's files in terms of file sharing. I have done all the basic file upgrades that were available after 9.04 initial installation and rebooted.
I installed samba on the 9.04 computer and it does show under workgroups on all my other computers (it says Samba server Ubuntu and correctly includes the name of the 9.04 computer), BUT there are absolutely no files or folders within the share (and I made sure the drives were pre-mounted on the 9.04 computer before going to any of the other computers to view the shares).
All my 8.04 computers share files in either dual-boot Kubuntu 8.04 or in WindowsXP flawlessly (it does NOT matter which operating system is running on any system; all share files back-and-forth with ease), but the 9.04 stays invisible to all the others always (actually, the 9.04 is invisible to itself when I go into the network on the 9.04 and look at it within it self, so it's no surprise that no others can see it either, whereas within all the other 8.04 computers if I do a similar procedure, they can "see" their own shares, so something's amiss on the 9.04 setup).
I've been using Kubuntu 8.04 for quite some time and feel I know what I'm doing in terms of file shares, BUT with 9.04, I'm just not getting the file sharing to work (but maybe I just don't know my way around yet).
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I just had Kubuntu v8.04 completely bomb (crash, clunk) on a 4th computer so completely, the system would no longer start (it'd just freeze with lines of text displaying across the screen), so I finally decided to install 9.04 instead of another copy of 8.04 (I've been resistant to install 9.04, I confess, after my 9.04 Beta experience, which I just didn't like, however since new is "supposed" to be better, I installed 9.04). Windows XP still works fine on this computer that had the 8.04 bomb, and all the disc partitions are OK, including the ext3 partition that had the bombed 8.04 Kubuntu, but I dutifully reformatted it before installing 9.04 in the old ext3 partition.
After a full install of 9.04, that's when my problems started (and I'm tempted to go back to 8.04, as I know how to make things work in that version and the software too, works better); however, now that I have 9.04, I want to get it to work, BUT I simply can't get anything to share FROM the 9.04 computer TO any other system (neither to Windows or Linux).
The 9.04 system can read all the other computers, but no other computer can see anything the 9.04 has (of course, I could boot into Windows on the computer with the 9.04 system, and then all the other computers can get the files they need). What a shame to depend on Windows because I can't figure out Kubuntu 9.04's file sharing system. I want to do this in Kubuntu 9.04 and I want to do it with the Kubuntu desktop interface too (I am assuming Kubuntu 9.04 is ready for the general public to use with the desktop interface being able to give them what they need to make it work, and there "should" not be a need to crawl under the hood with sudo's, ping's, and all that other techno stuff IF 9.04 is really beyond the Beta stage and is ready for ordinary people -- again, that's my assumption, not my demand; it's what I think is my reasonable assumption and I'm assuming I just don't understand yet what to do to make it work normally as it comes "out of the box").
I've tried the right-clicking in Dolphin before I came to the forum and I also see here in the forum that others have tried it too, and it seems to do nothing after graying out the button for a few moments (nothing happens whatsoever after the gray out, no pop-up confirmation, no details, no nothing!). I've gone to the System Settings->Sharing in 9.04, but there's really nothing there anymore like it is in 8.04 (no way to set up folders, unique names for shares, etc.), so I assume the new way is the right-clicking method (except it doesn't seem to function). I can't help but wonder, what's the purpose of System Settings->Sharing -- there's really nothing there except for a place for a name and password, and though I left it blank and later filled it in, no other computers ask for the details. It's just a big empty screen with two lines for a name and password (again, unlike 8.04).
If this has been already covered, please do point the way to the solution, but understand I spent a great deal of time already searching and searching, and reading and reading and getting no solutions yet by using "file sharing 9.04" as my search criteria, otherwise I would not be starting this new topic.
I look forward to getting 9.04 working as well as 8.04 works (well, except for the one that bombed!).
I installed samba on the 9.04 computer and it does show under workgroups on all my other computers (it says Samba server Ubuntu and correctly includes the name of the 9.04 computer), BUT there are absolutely no files or folders within the share (and I made sure the drives were pre-mounted on the 9.04 computer before going to any of the other computers to view the shares).
All my 8.04 computers share files in either dual-boot Kubuntu 8.04 or in WindowsXP flawlessly (it does NOT matter which operating system is running on any system; all share files back-and-forth with ease), but the 9.04 stays invisible to all the others always (actually, the 9.04 is invisible to itself when I go into the network on the 9.04 and look at it within it self, so it's no surprise that no others can see it either, whereas within all the other 8.04 computers if I do a similar procedure, they can "see" their own shares, so something's amiss on the 9.04 setup).
I've been using Kubuntu 8.04 for quite some time and feel I know what I'm doing in terms of file shares, BUT with 9.04, I'm just not getting the file sharing to work (but maybe I just don't know my way around yet).
MORE DETAIL IF NEEDED:
I just had Kubuntu v8.04 completely bomb (crash, clunk) on a 4th computer so completely, the system would no longer start (it'd just freeze with lines of text displaying across the screen), so I finally decided to install 9.04 instead of another copy of 8.04 (I've been resistant to install 9.04, I confess, after my 9.04 Beta experience, which I just didn't like, however since new is "supposed" to be better, I installed 9.04). Windows XP still works fine on this computer that had the 8.04 bomb, and all the disc partitions are OK, including the ext3 partition that had the bombed 8.04 Kubuntu, but I dutifully reformatted it before installing 9.04 in the old ext3 partition.
After a full install of 9.04, that's when my problems started (and I'm tempted to go back to 8.04, as I know how to make things work in that version and the software too, works better); however, now that I have 9.04, I want to get it to work, BUT I simply can't get anything to share FROM the 9.04 computer TO any other system (neither to Windows or Linux).
The 9.04 system can read all the other computers, but no other computer can see anything the 9.04 has (of course, I could boot into Windows on the computer with the 9.04 system, and then all the other computers can get the files they need). What a shame to depend on Windows because I can't figure out Kubuntu 9.04's file sharing system. I want to do this in Kubuntu 9.04 and I want to do it with the Kubuntu desktop interface too (I am assuming Kubuntu 9.04 is ready for the general public to use with the desktop interface being able to give them what they need to make it work, and there "should" not be a need to crawl under the hood with sudo's, ping's, and all that other techno stuff IF 9.04 is really beyond the Beta stage and is ready for ordinary people -- again, that's my assumption, not my demand; it's what I think is my reasonable assumption and I'm assuming I just don't understand yet what to do to make it work normally as it comes "out of the box").
I've tried the right-clicking in Dolphin before I came to the forum and I also see here in the forum that others have tried it too, and it seems to do nothing after graying out the button for a few moments (nothing happens whatsoever after the gray out, no pop-up confirmation, no details, no nothing!). I've gone to the System Settings->Sharing in 9.04, but there's really nothing there anymore like it is in 8.04 (no way to set up folders, unique names for shares, etc.), so I assume the new way is the right-clicking method (except it doesn't seem to function). I can't help but wonder, what's the purpose of System Settings->Sharing -- there's really nothing there except for a place for a name and password, and though I left it blank and later filled it in, no other computers ask for the details. It's just a big empty screen with two lines for a name and password (again, unlike 8.04).
If this has been already covered, please do point the way to the solution, but understand I spent a great deal of time already searching and searching, and reading and reading and getting no solutions yet by using "file sharing 9.04" as my search criteria, otherwise I would not be starting this new topic.
I look forward to getting 9.04 working as well as 8.04 works (well, except for the one that bombed!).
Maybe you'll like Karmic, it's easy to try a bit after the release, at some point you may like some newer release. For someone with your needs, long term support releases are probably the best bet though.
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