Hello, "Sebastian Salvino":
here you'll get some more info: ------ # dig local. SOA ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> local. SOA ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63972 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;local. IN SOA ;; ANSWER SECTION: local. 14400 IN SOA ns1.inet.fi. hostmaster.sonera.fi. 1 14400 7200 864000 14400 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: local. 14400 IN NS local. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: local. 14400 IN A 127.0.0.1 local. 14400 IN AAAA ::1 ;; Query time: 27 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) ;; WHEN: Wed Jun 26 12:21:37 2013 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 146 Where is the place I should change my .local into something else? Into what??? --- "Michael": Actually I don't know where I would need the whole avahi and why it has been installed... I don't remember, which package cased it to be installed. Do normal wlan networks work without that, too? ---- here is # less /etc/avahi/hosts # Examples: # 192.168.0.1 router.local # 2001::81:1 test.local So there is nothing there. Maybe I should put there gone.local??? --- here the status of libnss-mdns # dpkg -l libnss-mdns Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-================-=============-=============-===================================== ii libnss-mdns 0.10-3.2 i386 NSS module for Multicast DNS name res -hv P.S. By the way I have installed some kind of debian on at least 15 machines and used debian since "hamm". And never seen this avahi problem before. Normally they work out of the box, so I don't know much about the insides. ---- >________________________________ > From: Sebastian Salvino <s...@noend.com> >To: Michael <codejod...@gmx.ch> >Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:09 PM >Subject: Re: it is avahi? Re: network > > > >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 >> >> > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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