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system-config-printer package

  1. Bug #329974
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 329974

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Ed Comer (celem) wrote : Re: [Bug 329974] Re: SIGSEGV in _nss_dns_gethostbyname2_r() browsing Samba printers, i386 only

Read:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1140448

The workaround does work.

Also, remember that SAMBA does not enable you to see Windows shares, that is what smbclient does. SAMBA is what lets Windows see Linux shares. Nonetheless, if you can see your Windows system's shares, then this workaround will fix the printer issue.

--- On Fri, 5/29/09, the motorman <email address hidden> wrote:

> From: the motorman <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 329974] Re: SIGSEGV in _nss_dns_gethostbyname2_r() browsing Samba printers, i386 only
> To: <email address hidden>
> Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 11:00 PM
> 9.04 seems to have a problem and
> cannot print to winxp although I could
> with 8.4 . I can see all shared folders on winxp box but
> cannot see or
> find the printer attached to winxp box. Also the GUI for
> selecting a
> printer d0es not show "Samba connected printers" and I
> think it was
> there for 8.4 . I have had no useful ideas , seems to
> affect others.
>
> --
> SIGSEGV in _nss_dns_gethostbyname2_r() browsing Samba
> printers, i386 only
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329974
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