Enabling avahi is pretty orthogonal to MDNS, thus enable_avahi should not touch this.
nsswitch.conf is now configured automatically by installing libnss-mdns, and Feisty installs that package by default. ** Changed in: avahi (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- avahi's "enable_avahi" script does not turn on MDNS resolution https://launchpad.net/bugs/78680 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs