On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:36:26 +0000 Christopher Thielen wrote > VirtualBox has an "internal network" option that will create a private > network containing your computer (host) and the Windows XP virtual > machine (guest), avoiding the need for any real network. > If you can print from GNOME or KDE, your printer is already set up > with cups most likely. Samba is configured by default to share cups > printers with the Windows standard 'printers' share. Make sure Samba > is installed and started, then browse the workgroups on the network > from the Windows XP host. You should see the Linux box (sometimes > found in the MYGROUP workgroup ... it depends on what's written > in /etc/smb.conf) and be able to add it's printers. If it asks you to > authenticate to add the printer, be sure to add a user and enable that > user in Samba, e.g. smbpasswd -a username, smbpasswd -e username. > There are some specifics missing here but I hope that gets you > started. In my VirtualBox settings for my WIN XP guest for network Adapter1 I have ticked the box to enable adapter and have the following entered: Adapter type: PCnet-FAST 111 (Am79C973) (The option here is PCnet-PCI 11 (AM79C97CA) Attached to: Bridged Adapter (Options are: NAT, internal network & host-only adapter ) Name: eth0 (options are: pan0 & vibr0) Should I have changed any of these? OPening WIN XP guest I went to the following: My computer > Folders > My network places > Entire network > MS Windows Network > workgroup > TOMSBOX > Printers & faxes This window showed an icon for HP960C (my printer) Under its properties its port was LPT1 In Fedora 10 I opened the following: Places . network > windows network which when clicked on gave a message "Unable to mount location. Failed to retrieve share list from server." Hence I guess SMB isn't configured but don't know what to do next. Could someone advise please? Alan Duval -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
