LAN networking shares on other Linux and NAS not shown

Tramway2026 · 2026-09-18 09:41

Hi I am new to Q4OS but have been using Linux systems since XP was retired.

Setting up LAN networks can always have issues but Q4OS has me pulling my hair out.

Other Linux computers on the LAN can see the Q4OS shares but the Q4OS can not see other Linux or the NAS servers on my LAN.

Have looked for answers and modified the samba.conf file to include smb1 but still stuck.

Any help would be useful......... Thanks

q4osteam · 2026-09-18 09:52

Welcome to the forum smile

- What desktop are you using, Plasma, Trinity, other?
- What desktop profile did you apply upon Q4OS setup?

Tramway2026 · 2026-09-18 17:32

q4osteam wrote:

Welcome to the forum
- What desktop are you using, Plasma, Trinity, other?
- What desktop profile did you apply upon Q4OS setup?

Desktop is Trinity. profile is KDesktop.

Also changed the WORKGROUP in samber conf file to my local workgroup name.

Hope this is helpful.

Last edited by Tramway2026 (2026-09-18 17:39)

q4osteam · 2026-09-19 13:46

Thanks. On Trinity the network browser (smb:/) finds other machines only through the old NetBIOS browse list, and that exists only over SMB1. Current Samba, including Q4OS 6, and practically every NAS have SMB1 switched off, so the list stays empty even though the shares themselves work fine. The other computers see your shares because they connect to them directly, not by browsing.

So open the machine by its address instead. Type this into Konqueror's location bar, with the IP or hostname of the NAS or the other PC:

smb://192.168.1.20/

It lists that machine's shares. To keep it, bookmark it, or add it permanently via Go > Network Folders > Add a Network Folder > Microsoft Windows network drive.

Tramway2026 · 2026-09-20 22:54

Hi I tried Plasma and found much better network support so shall use Plasma.

Thanks for your help.

Taige · 2026-09-21 13:42

That's the way to go! wink

seb3773 · 2026-09-21 21:53

q4osteam wrote:

Thanks. On Trinity the network browser (smb:/) finds other machines only through the old NetBIOS browse list, and that exists only over SMB1. Current Samba, including Q4OS 6, and practically every NAS have SMB1 switched off, so the list stays empty even though the shares themselves work fine. The other computers see your shares because they connect to them directly, not by browsing.
So open the machine by its address instead. Type this into Konqueror's location bar, with the IP or hostname of the NAS or the other PC:
smb://192.168.1.20/
It lists that machine's shares. To keep it, bookmark it, or add it permanently via Go > Network Folders > Add a Network Folder > Microsoft Windows network drive.

I had also encountered this problem. In fact, it is possible to get a list of network machines under Trinity, but it requires some modifications to the tdeio-smb sources. I did this quickly, and it seemed to work. After that, I didn't bother to create a package, but if you think it could be useful, I can definitely create a proper .deb package.

Attached is a tar.gz archive with the sources, the tdeio_smb.so library, and a small install script. Since Trinity automatically prioritizes the ~/.trinity/lib/trinity/ directory over /opt/trinity/lib/trinity/, it’s very easy to test quickly without even needing root permissions. To revert to the legacy tdeio_smb, simply run the other script, ./uninstall.sh (no need to restart or log out).

tdeio_smb-tar.gz

**Note: Tested on TDE R14.1.1. I haven’t tested it on newer versions of TDE, but I don’t think it should be an issue.

Taige · 2026-09-22 06:35

seb3773 wrote:

q4osteam wrote:
Thanks. On Trinity the network browser (smb:/) finds other machines only through the old NetBIOS browse list, and that exists only over SMB1. Current Samba, including Q4OS 6, and practically every NAS have SMB1 switched off, so the list stays empty even though the shares themselves work fine. The other computers see your shares because they connect to them directly, not by browsing.
So open the machine by its address instead. Type this into Konqueror's location bar, with the IP or hostname of the NAS or the other PC:
smb://192.168.1.20/
It lists that machine's shares. To keep it, bookmark it, or add it permanently via Go > Network Folders > Add a Network Folder > Microsoft Windows network drive.
I had also encountered this problem. In fact, it is possible to get a list of network machines under Trinity, but it requires some modifications to the tdeio-smb sources. I did this quickly, and it seemed to work. After that, I didn't bother to create a package, but if you think it could be useful, I can definitely create a proper .deb package.
Attached is a tar.gz archive with the sources, the tdeio_smb.so library, and a small install script. Since Trinity automatically prioritizes the ~/.trinity/lib/trinity/ directory over /opt/trinity/lib/trinity/, it’s very easy to test quickly without even needing root permissions. To revert to the legacy tdeio_smb, simply run the other script, ./uninstall.sh (no need to restart or log out).
tdeio_smb-tar.gz
**Note: Tested on TDE R14.1.1. I haven’t tested it on newer versions of TDE, but I don’t think it should be an issue.

I think that this modification would be very useful to do it directly on the affected files that are in the iso so that the problem does not recur.
Well done, anyway!

Last edited by Taige (2026-09-22 06:35)

bin · 2026-09-22 06:56

Back in the day I used to use smb4k to browse shares on a windows network.

seb3773 · 2026-09-22 15:33

I refined a bit the code so it can display network printers the right way, created a proper github repository, and a release with a real .deb package, if you want to try it:

https://github.com/seb3773/tdeio_smb/releases/tag/v1.0

Tramway2026 · 2026-09-22 20:28

I will try this out and let you know how I get on. Had to return to Trinity as it seems this old laptop can not handle the extra load. Particularly the graphics ATI Radeon this laptop came with windows Vista.

seb3773 wrote:

I refined a bit the code so it can display network printers the right way, created a proper github repository, and a release with a real .deb package, if you want to try it:
https://github.com/seb3773/tdeio_smb/releases/tag/v1.0

q4osteam · 2026-09-22 20:51

If you would perform a thorough QA testing, we could integrate this patch to the Q4OS ecosystem.

Taige · 2026-09-23 06:35

Tramway2026 wrote:

I will try this out and let you know how I get on. Had to return to Trinity as it seems this old laptop can not handle the extra load. Particularly the graphics ATI Radeon this laptop came with windows Vista.

seb3773 wrote:
I refined a bit the code so it can display network printers the right way, created a proper github repository, and a release with a real .deb package, if you want to try it:
https://github.com/seb3773/tdeio_smb/releases/tag/v1.0

I think with Trinity things will be decided better on that laptop. wink

Tramway2026 · 2026-09-23 17:14

The deb file works very well as I can now see all network drives and both Linux and Windows computers.

Thank you.

The next issue to be resolved is making it easy to set up shares in Trinity.

seb3773 · 2026-09-23 18:47

q4osteam wrote:

If you would perform a thorough QA testing, we could integrate this patch to the Q4OS ecosystem.

will try do it yes, if it can help. I'm thinking of different ways to test the plugin, docker to simulate a large number of shares and some malformed ones, some stress tests scripts, testing memory leaks with Asan etc... Need to set it up first smile

Added later 12 min 42 s:

Tramway2026 wrote:

The next issue to be resolved is making it easy to set up shares in Trinity.

this is possible ;-)

seb3773 · 2026-09-27 00:03

You can try this tool : https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6296

smile

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