[heavySoul]

Thanks to overflowed. Adding the sahres using the IP (instead of browsing to them) has solved the problem. The shares are automatically picked up at boot now, and the android remote works as well.

Thanks a lot. Wish I knew linux, getting there slowly.

[FireMan]

Thanks to overflowed. Adding the sahres using the IP (instead of browsing to them) has solved the problem. The shares are automatically picked up at boot now, and the android remote works as well.

Thanks a lot. Wish I knew linux, getting there slowly.

If you are having problems with Linux > windows names, follow this steps:

1. edit the file /etc/nsswitch.conf and add the windows name service protocol (wins)
2. install the winbind deamon.

To #1, change the line:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

to:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns mdns4

And, to #2, run this line:
sudo apt-get install winbind

More details, see the "problem 3" @ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149

Cheers.