On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 19:24 -0500, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > A long dead (WindowsXP + Linux) network keeps showing up. > > The ']$ nautilus --no-desktop network:' > > command produces a nautilus window titled 'Network' showing an icon for > 'Windows Network' When clicked on, 'Windows Network' warns "Unable to > mount location Failed to retrieve share list from server". Which isn't > surprising since WindowsXp hasn't been on another machine in my LAN for > a year. I do have WindowsXP as a dual boot on this one machine. > > Nautilus wouldn't be counting the single box, dual boot Fedora 12 & > WindowsXP as a network -- would it? > > Or is there a file left over from when there was WindowsXP on one of my > other machines? If so, what should I look for and remove? What > configuration file would the old 'XP be in? I have searched for such a > file using 'locate' and the 'search files' applet. > > ']$ nautilus --no-desktop network: ' is supposed to show me the LAN that > does exist, but the current LAN never shows. Do you have a samba server running someplace? I don't have any Microsoft stuff in the house now either but do maintain a samba server for the convenience of visiting laptops. This shows up in "Windows Network" in nautilus. -- N. B. Day 39° 28.3964' North, 119° 48.6346' West, 1403m up Aurelius up 1 day 17:15, 2 users, load average: 0.13, 0.10, 0.07 2.6.31.8-0.1-desktop x86_64 GNU/Linux openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64) _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
