a co-worker and I were experiencing the same problems on our Ubuntu 6.10 (fresh) installs, I happened to drop by here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=122292 and the posted work-around: Modify the following file as noted below and this will fix your problem. /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/smb-module.conf #smb: [daemon] libsmb ----> commented out smb: libsmb.so ----> added that works, for me at least. haven't tried it on the other unit yet. of note is that one of the posters in the thread -clearly- states that this work-around is "quite wrong" -- Windows Network entries use a text icon instead of a computer one https://launchpad.net/bugs/60277 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs