Issue

When attempting to browse Windows network shares from Gnome Nautilus, the window will become unresponsive and the operation will eventually timeout.

Affects

wins is not enabled as a host resolution mechanism in /etc/nsswitch.conf; winbind is not installed.

Open /etc/nsswitch.conf in your favorite editor and ensure the hosts line matches the precise order below (you are adding wins).

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

Install winbind

sudo apt-get install winbind