shared network doesn't work before samba restart

[Bruno Cosenza de Carvalho]

I have the same probem and another one with samba: it doesn't start during
the boot. I think there is a samba bug with kubuntu 9.10. You can see this
at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/480152.

Bruno Carvalho.

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Willy K. Hamra <w.hamra1987 at gmail.com>wrote:

> hello list,
> i have a problem with my samba shared printer.
> i am running kubuntu 9.10, with the latest KDE from PPA reported as:
> Platform Version 4.3.85 (KDE 4.3.85 (KDE 4.4 Beta2))
> though the bug was happening from before adding the PPA, when i was
> still on KDE 4.3.
> the bug is, i believe samba related. i have a printer, HP laserjet
> M1120n, and shared using samba, so that the other computers, running
> windows XP can print from it. when i start the kubuntu computer, and
> type in the address bar of any folder on an XP computer: \\ip_of_kubuntu
> i see all the shared folders on my kubuntu machine, but not the
> printers, and if i attempt any printing order (the printer was
> configured long ago), it doesn't go through. all i have to do is:
> sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
> and voila, the printer now show up to XP computers, and can be used for
> printing.
> now the question is, why? why isn't the printer configured with samba
> upon booting? samba surely is working just fine, after all, i can see my
> shares just fine before i restart the samba service.
> this printer has been configured for sharing manually, i edited smb.conf
> myself since no program proved useful enough.
> thanks in advance, and glad to provide any more info if needed.
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> Willy K. Hamra
> Manager of Hamra Information Systems
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