Comment 28 for bug 462169

I just wanted to add what I know.

On a Celeron D 2.53, 650i, 4 GB, I did not have this issue, or at least I didn't notice it.
When I switched over to AMD X2 4800+, 780G, 2 GB, I began to experience this issue.

For what it's worth, if I reboot warm, the issue only occurs about half the time.
If I reboot from cold (power off and or AC all the way off), it reproduces itself reliably.

The 0.0.0.0 address listed in the log someone provided earlier looks like a clue.
So just for fun I set the network from DHCP to Manual fixed static IP, and now several
totally cold boots later, nmbd runs OK all by itself without needing anyone to hold its hand.

It's not a perfect solution, especially if you have lots of PCs to manage, but for me it's fine.

My guess is that on a faster CPU maybe with multiple cores, there is a serialization issue
where nmbd gives up just before DHCP has successfully set the IP address. I'm just guessing
based on the single-core machine not really having this issue.

Thanks, btw, for the great OS, I shall not ever buy windoze again.