I need some help with network (smb) access.

[Ambertone]

Hi all, I installed the LXDE version of PCL on my little Dell D420 laptop (1.2g Core2Duo / 2 gig / 30 gig) and I love it. I've added VirtualBox so I can run XP for my accounting software and it works a treat.

Now I'm used to Dolphin (which does not appear in a synaptic search) for access to my home server (FreeNAS), wifes Mac, daughters Linux laptop etc. I see that LXDE has both PCMan and Thunar but stupid here can't work out how to find my home network using either (I'd actually love to have Dolphin :-))

Any help appreciated.

Rod

[Neal ManBear]

Rod,
You want Dolphin? It is part of the kdebase4 package. Often apps are a part of a "base" package that may contain many apps. When you can't find something that you know should be there, use the "Provided Packages" search option in Synaptic.

[Ambertone]

Hi Neal, thank you for your reply. Is there no way to browse a local network using either PCMan or Thunar? Or do I need to install Dolphin?

Cheers


Rod

[Neal ManBear]

Have you configured your network via PCC > Network Sharing? Do you have Samba configured? Thunar-shares and thunar-shares-plugin is available in the repos.