Please email back the output of: dig local. SOA On Jun 25, 2013 3:05 PM, "Michael" <codejod...@gmx.ch> wrote:
> Hannu, > > The only things a fresh avahi-daemon installation puts into the config > (that is, not commented) are: > > [server] > use-ipv4=yes > use-ipv6=yes > ratelimit-interval-usec=1000000 > ratelimit-burst=1000 > > [wide-area] > enable-wide-area=yes > > [publish] > > [reflector] > > [rlimits] > rlimit-core=0 > rlimit-data=4194304 > rlimit-fsize=0 > rlimit-nofile=768 > rlimit-stack=4194304 > rlimit-nproc=3 > > If there was a domain name default, it would be "domain-name=local" (but > commented out), without dot. But it will be derived from your hostname > anyway. > > So maybe try commenting (disabling) any domain setup. If any, it should be > something like 'gone.local' if gone is your machine. > > Check the /etc/avahi/hosts file too. My version has commented examples, > only: > # Examples: > # 192.168.0.1 router.local > # 2001::81:1 test.local > > so i guess it should work w/o any manual explicit configuration too. > > Also check if you got libnss-mdns installed, which is recommended by avahi. > > I am sorry i can not easily check how it works w/o manual configuration. I > just can't remember any installation asked me anything about it so i guess > the defaults should work out of the box. > > I deinstalled any avahi services on all machines in this small intranet > because we don't seem to have any need for it, and we didn't miss anything > afterwards. For example, i don't understand why laptops need a > avahi-daemon, or rather, why avahi-discover should be depending on the > daemon. Do you really want to publish your laptop 'files to access' in a > mixed environment ? > > We have one printer and it seems network access via IPP works fine even > without avahi. I guess a roaming laptop or smartphone could benefit in some > trusted environment though. But seriously, in which business or university > environment do you send off a printing job from your laptop without first > being granted explicit access to the printer ? > I admit i am oldfashioned and do not understand any modern usages of > multicast dns. > > Well. in your situation, i would deinstall (with complete 'purge') > anything with 'avahi' in its name, except it breaks essential other > packages (for example, cups and gvfs need some avahi libs), especially the > daemon. Then, i'd check if something i need does not work anymore. If so, > reinstall avahi-discover. With luck, the error will be gone with a new > package default config. > > It should be noted that such a task needs some experience (or boldness) > with 'apt-get' or a good package manager. It's rather easy, and safe, if > you know how to use 'aptitude'. If you configured things manually, and want > to preserve the config, don't use 'purge'. Keep in mind that even if you > deinstalled half your system, it can be reinstalled in a few moments, if > only you keep track of what was removed (for example, the > /var/log/aptitude). > > > gl mi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20130625200440.0d571...@mirrors.kernel.org > >
