Public bug reported:
When I restart my computers running Hardy Heron after hibernation or
stand-by and select Places -> Network, I get a list of computers that
was the current list when I last time rebooted the computer (I believe).
It's at least not the list of computers currently on-line and it doesn't
get update between reboots.
When I browse my way through Windows Network -> Home (my workgroup) ->
Computer X, I often get a blank window at first on all levels in the
folder hierarchy. I have to try 2 - 4 times before I see the content of
the next level. The same behavior is repeated all the way down to the
windows showing the shares on a particular computer in the Windows
workgroup. The computers in the Windows workgroup are a mix of Windows
XP and Hardy Heron. No difference in behavior.
The list of computers in the Windows workgroup seems to be a more
current (but not always entirely current, see below) list of computers
on-line and is usually thus not the same as the list of computers in the
top level Network (Severs) window.
Opening the Windows workgroup computers from a Windows XP machine does
not require several tries to open the next level, regardless of if the
computer runs Ubuntu or Windows.
When I suspend an Ubuntu computer, the list of computers in the
Workgroup folder is updated only after about 10 minutes in either Ubuntu
or Windows and the update only shows when I reopen the window. Maybe a
feature of the Windows workgroup implementation?
In conclusion, there are three perspectives on this issue:
#1: The list of servers in the Network window / view is not updated as
servers are added and others are taken off-line. If this is the intended
behavior then let me suggest that it is confusing and not very helpful.
#2: The same window / view is called "Network" under the Places menu but
"Network Servers" in the Places left navigation bar of the file browser.
As it looks now, a third name, "Networks and Network Servers", would
perhaps be more appropriate as it is a mix of both types of objects. I
would be quite happy with "Networks" (in plural) and I would prefer not
to see (an outdated) list of servers on this level. What is the
intention?
#3: It often takes several tries on each level to drill down to the
shared folders in the computers in the Windows workgroup. Eventually
they seem to turn up but the behavior is not pretty. Again, this is
after waking up from hibernation or stand-by. Once I've accessed all
computers in the workgroup, they don't go away.
I have the same behavior on two computers with very different hardware
configurations, one wired and one wireless, both running Hardy Heron.
Both have the latest updates.
What I expect to happen is that I in the top-level Network (again, I'd
prefer "Networks", in plural) window only see networks and no servers.
When drilling down into the potentially several networks, I expect to
see an updated list of servers that are all on-line when the Windows
workgroup window is opened. And I expect this list be updated
immediately when something happens on the network.
Thanks,
Arto Jarvinen, Vreta kloster, Sweden
(Sorry about the attachment. It doesn't provide much value. I thought I
could include three images but I don't find a way to do that. Neither
don't I seem to be able to delete the attachment already attached.)
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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List of network servers is not updated
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248839
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