Solved the Mandrake samba problem

[The PIT]

A friend recommended Komba2 as Konqueror has known problems
with network browsing. The error messages were red herrings which I was beginning too suspect. Anyway installed this of the cd. set up the password and username and bingo I could see the shares and then could mount them.
This shows how much further Linux has too go before becoming a desktop replacement.
All I need is a web browser that displays the pages properly. Now Opera may do that.

[Wombat]

Samba isn't a good choice to just "how far Linux has to go." Samba implements SMB to spec, which makes it incompatible with MS's implementation, because MS doesn't follow the spec they published.

[The PIT]

It's not just Samba it's half baked wizards, rpms that don't install to the locations described in the readme file, setup instructions that miss steps out or are completly wrong, program files that don't run becuase you've got to be logged on as root however they don't even say access denied it's either nothing at all or command not found. Programs that install and although they'll say they'll create a shortcut on the desktop or menu they don't and the site you've downloaded it from doesn't tell you the name of the excutable so you start a long hunt for the darn thing.
Sorry until the Linux distros gets that sorted out linux won't stand a chance on the normal desktop.

[kewlcat]

kde3?

try kde 3 yet? konqueror is faster and has plenty of bugfixes. and konq in kde2 did not have the best SMB support, as you discovered.