pyneighborhood

Do not get any Groups or Computers in pyNeighborhood window.

Asked by neutron68

I'm using Mythbuntu 10.10 and trying to get pyNeighborhood to see shared drives on pcs in my LAN.
I used Synaptic Package manager to add pyNeighborhood 0.5.0+debian-3
Mythbuntu uses the xfce desktop rather than Gnome desktop.

pyNeighborhood does not see any of the shared folders on any computer in my LAN.
I have several Windows XP computers with shared folders.
I also have a Mythtv computer running Knoppmyth R5.5 (Debian, circa July 2008) with shared folders.

If I go to a web browser on the Mythbuntu pc, I can type "smb://Knoppmyth" and get to the shared folder on the Knoppmyth computer - proving that SAMBA is running ok, and SAMBA connections can be made.

I found a web post that said, "If you do not install Midnight Commander the mount command will not work successfully."
I installed mc (Midnight Commander), rebooted, and still did not get any Groups or Computers appearing in the pyNeighborhood windows.

Are there any special configuration secrets I need to know?

Thanks,
Eric

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Linus Hoppe (linus-hoppe-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hi neutron 68,

version 0.5.0x is outdated. We've fixed several Bugs and Errors in this version. Maybe you will try our PPA (https://launchpad.net/~pyneighborhood/+archive/stable) to install the latest version 0.5.3. This version contains lots of improvements and bugfixes. Besides, its easier to find errors (we've added a debug-area). Unfortunately, the ubuntu archives only contain the outdated version pyneighborhood 0.5.0.

Please try this version and report any bugs you may encounter. If you have problems with installing pyneighborhood, I sure can provide help.

Greetz,

Linus

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neutron68 (neutron68) said : 		#2

Hi Linus,

Thanks for your response.

I only know how to install software in Ubuntu using the Synaptic Package manager. I don't know how to install/compile outside of that package manager.

If you have a step-by-step process for installing 0.5.3, I could do it, but if not, I need help.

Eric

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Linus Hoppe (linus-hoppe-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Of course a can help you. ;)

The easiest way is to use a Terminal. Open a Terminal and type in the following commands (maybe you want to copy and paste these commands):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pyneighborhood/stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

You can find a description to use repositories with commandline here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine

Greetz,

Linus

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neutron68 (neutron68) said : 		#4

I got the new version (0.5.3) into my system by trying the advice on your page:

I added these lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pyneighborhood/stable/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pyneighborhood/stable/ubuntu maverick main

I updated the Synaptic Package manager.

I selected the update choice for pyNeighborhood.

I've now got 0.5.3 on my Mythbuntu 10.10 machine. I started it and right away it found all my shared computers.

Does it matter what Filemanager I have in the pyNeighborhood settings?
Right now I've got Thunar as the file manager ( /usr/bin/thunar ).

And.... I can SEE the files in the shares! WOO HOO!

Eric

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neutron68 (neutron68) said : 		#5

I got the how-to advice from your page:
http://launchpad.net/~pyneighborhood/+archive/stable

and I clicked on the link that says "Technical details about this PPA "

Eric

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neutron68 (neutron68) said : 		#6

Thank you for your help and your great software package!

I've posted messages on the Ubuntu forums advising the Ubuntu respositories to be updated to version 0.5.3.
I don't know if the Ubuntu people will follow the advice or not?

Best wishes,
Eric