I'm on Precise 12.04 and was somewhat experiencing the same issue, i.e getting the "failed to retrieve shares list from server" when trying to reach SAMBA shares on my NAS (WD MyBook World Edition).
I've read and try a lot of things on this issue (among others, rearranging the order of the "name resolve" string in smb.conf), but nothing worked. Even the smbtree command was unsuccessful, as it was not retrieving any shares list. But, I was able to connect to a share by issuing the nautilus smb:// command. A the end of the day, the only thing that solved all this was to install the samba package, which was not installed by default. Since then, retrieving and connecting SAMBA shares through Nautilus work without a glitch. Shouldn't the SAMBA package be installed by default then? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356022 Title: unable to mount or browse samba networks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/356022/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
