Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: samba
Ubuntu 8.0.4 Hardy Heron Desktop
I have spent *DAYS* trying to get this to work!!!
now my ubuntu system is so badly hosed it looks like I will have to restore
from backup.
all I did was uninstall samba and cups and then attempt to reinstall them.
I did this because THEY DONT FRIGGIN WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!
all I want is for the most basic and fundamental of things....
something that SHOULD HAVE WORKED OUT OF THE BOX WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
INSTALL REQUIRED....
I want/need to run ubuntu in a mixed environment with windows 98 and
windows XP computers. I want and need for those computers to be able to
access files and *printers* that are on the ubuntu computer. Why is
that so difficult?
I am not a newbe, I know how to check the box that says to "enable
sharing" and to "share this printer". too bad it doesn't actually
work..... have you tried it on a clean install of ubuntu????
The corruption problems started after I installed gsambad and system-
config-samba(?) after that I could no longer open the printing config
program on the system/admin menu. after fiddling around for awhile I
resorted to removal of samba and cups and the attempt to reinstall
them...
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I have tried a lot of linux distros over the years. and I swear by
linux for servers. but on the desktop it is a whole other story of
endless promise and disappointment. So far ubuntu is the closest I have
come to a total linux desktop success, but the fact that it can not out-
of-the-box interoperate with other MS Windows computers is a *MAJOR*
design flaw. It should not be necessary to install additional software
in order to share a printer, it should not be required to read 100+
pages of highly technical docs to get samba file and print sharing to
work. every other distro I have tried has successfully done printer and
file sharing (sometimes with a battle, but always with a success),
where other distros have fallen down is on krappy sound, video and
browser support. Ubuntu on the other hand is the first distro I have
found that has great!!! sound and , video and browser support, but where
it falls flat on it's face is the krappy printer and file sharing *total
lack* of support.
Yes, I have Read The Fine Manual, I have checked the appropriate boxes,
I have installed the appropriate packages, but after *DAYS* of effort it
still does not work. I am not an idiot, but krap like this sure makes
me feel like one. I tell you what though, if I can't figure it out,
with as much time and knowledge and experience as I have, then it is a
sure bet that casual end users of computers are sure as heck not even
going to be close to being able to use it.
I want Ubuntu to be a success, You want Ubuntu to be a success, so please fix
this mess!
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 24 04:21:43 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.4 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-package
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samba nightmare
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251469
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