Avahi-dameon boot stuck and slow gnome desktop

The slow login/desktop bug appears to have been around for a while. The bug is reported in edgy & feisty and they are mostly unconfirmed and mostly of undecided importance. Although I'm very happy with feisty, I am finding this bug a bit bothersome so I thought I'd do some research through the bug archives.

I think this bug has been reported numerous times. The bug list that follows, I think are reports of effectively the same bug.

Bug #78263 - claims workaround (feisty)
Bug #78493 (edgy)
Bug #79466 (edgy)
Bug #80827 - claims workaround (edgy)
Bug #92997 - claims workaround (feisty)
Bug #94048 (feisty)
Bug #110616 (feisty?)
Bug #110775 (feisty)
Bug #110187 - reports slow desktop as a side effect of other network config issues. (feisty)
---------------
Bug #95264 - Maybe related (not clear) (feisty)
Bug #93447 - Maybe related (not clear) (edgy)
---------------
It seems most discussions are blaming this bug on one or more of:
Network-manager
avahi
hosts file
resolve file
static IP addresses
no network connection.

I can't vouch for the claimed workarounds - but I intend on investigating them further.

The person who solves this one will likely 'kill a number of bugs with one stone'.

I hope I'm not being too forward by presenting such a list but I am rather keen to see this bug solved. I hope this list helps to unify further discussion & prompts some further thought on the matter.

(note: I have posted it to all above bug reports so that all are in the loop)

Add Bug #79661 (edgy) to above list.

I was experiencing the very same problem and I must admit I think it's avahi to blame.

I tried stopping network manager (including the daemon) and various services and all my session's startup software, with no success. I got a quick desktop/login only if i disabled all my network interfaces but loopback.

As soon as I disable avahi, all the problems solved and my hosts, resolv.conf and network/interfaces just stayed the same. I don't use static IPs and my PC is still in the same network, the error appeared after an upgrade.

This bug has had no activity for a considerable period. This is a check to see if there is still interest in this bug and whether this is still an issue for this and later releases.

To: Gareth Fitzworthington

  Thank you very much for enlightening comments on Avahi slowdown problem. I am a very new Ubuntu user and encountered this same problem with frozen boot up windows and very slow performance under avahi.
  If I switch to eth0 without avahi I am fine. I have also tried installing more elements of avahi and java and mono. I am testing this set-up now.
  Hope I am not too late to catch this particular train of thought. Thanks for the help.

  newbie Michael (mbille46)

Can you try this in Ubuntu 8.10 and tell us if the problem still occurs?

Marking invalid due to inactivity.