Ubuntu
avahi package

can't start avahi daemon on gutsy

Bug #156211 reported by Davim
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avahi (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

I'm unable to start avahi-daemon, I'm getting the following error:

isr@irps0:~$ sudo avahi-daemon &
[1] 25568
Found user 'avahi' (UID 104) and group 'avahi' (GID 108).
Successfully dropped root privileges.
isr@irps0:~$ avahi-daemon 0.6.20 starting up.
Successfully called chroot().
Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
No service file found in /etc/avahi/services.
Failed to create server: Invalid host name

Revision history for this message
James Westby (james-w) wrote :

Hi,

It is complaining that your hostname is invalid. One place that
can be set is in /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf.

Could you please attach your /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf file
to the bug report?

Could you also include the output of "hostname" run from the command
line?

Thanks,

James

Changed in avahi:
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Javier Jardón (jjardon) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in avahi:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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