Jaunty 9.04 Blind to XP's Shared Network Printer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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samba (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
system-config-printer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: smbclient
I am using Ubuntu Jaunty 9.10 e/w all current updates.
smbclient: Installed: 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3
First let me state that the Windows Networked/Shared printer can be utilized just fine by two other Linux computers on mine - (1) a Dell 910 Netbook running Ubuntu 8.04 and another computer running Xubuntu 8.10. I print just fine from these machines, but NOT Jaunty 9.04.
There are a number of posts in GENERAL regarding Jaunty having various problems with Networked Printers, but none quite like my problem. I feel that this is actually a networking/SAMBA issue, so that is why I posted it here.
When I try to add a printer attached to and shared on my Windows XP box with System-
Note: Squirrel is the hostname of my Windows XP box.
If I browse Places-
I'm curious about the actual version of smbclient in question here.
I have TWO 8.04 LTS one server, one desktop both are running
$ smbclient --version
version 3.0.28a