[DLC] Re: [UFO Chicago] screen resolution and Windows share drives for X/ubuntu

"Matthew T. Gibbs" <mtgibbs-/[email protected]> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:29:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Not sure about the GUI stuff but to mount a shared drive you should be able to use mount.cifs.  I use this frequently at work (on openSUSE though) but I believe that it should be part of the standard kernel already.  You'll probably have to supply a username and password.

Matt


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>From: Politik Durden <politikdurden-/[email protected]>
>To: Depaul Linux <[email protected]>; UFO Mail list <ufo-Y4FUXIRBYHQvUt+Q7UkouvU/[email protected]>
>Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 8:54:13 PM
>Subject: [UFO Chicago] screen resolution and Windows share drives for X/ubuntu
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>Finally took the plunge and installed Xubuntu on my media box in the living room. 
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>Does Xubuntu have GUIs to adjust settings ? Like network settings (DHCP vs static, etc) and screen resolution ? Haven't been able to find anything in the menus so far. Didn't find anything on Ubuntu forums either. 
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>The last big hurdle is to access a Windows XP shared drive from Xubuntu. Can I do this without setting up Samba ? Please say yes......
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