Avahi utilities cannot see avahi-daemon

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On 7/30/10 12:37 PM, Ted Faber wrote:
> I'm running a recent FreeBSD 8.1 and ports updated today, and the
> avahi-browse command reports no avahi-daemon running though the deamon
> itself is running (and its own check shows it).  These two commands come
> out of the same port (avahi-app) so I'm really surprised that they don't
> see one another.
> 
> Here are the details I have.  I'm happy to run further tests or try patches.
> 
> Here's the version info:
> 
> zod:~$ uname -a
> FreeBSD zod.isi.edu 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #16: Mon Jul 26 11:07:36 PDT 2010     root at zod.isi.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
> zod:~$ pkg_info | grep avahi-app
> avahi-app-0.6.27    Service discovery on a local network
> zod:~$ avahi-daemon --version
> avahi-daemon 0.6.27
> 
> Here's the daemon running in debug mode:
> 
> zod:~$ sudo /usr/local/sbin/avahi-daemon --debug
> Found user 'avahi' (UID 558) and group 'avahi' (GID 558).
> Successfully dropped root privileges.
> avahi-daemon 0.6.27 starting up.
> WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns!
> Loading service file /usr/local/etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service.
> Loading service file /usr/local/etc/avahi/services/ssh.service.
> Joining mDNS multicast group on interface em0.IPv4 with address
> 128.9.168.221.
> New relevant interface em0.IPv4 for mDNS.
> Network interface enumeration completed.
> Registering new address record for 128.9.168.221 on em0.IPv4.
> Registering HINFO record with values 'I386'/'FREEBSD'.
> Server startup complete. Host name is zod.local. Local service cookie is
> 192871804.
> Service "zod" (/usr/local/etc/avahi/services/ssh.service) successfully
> established.
> Service "zod" (/usr/local/etc/avahi/services/sftp-ssh.service)
> successfully established.
> 
> Here is the daemon command finding the daemon and the browser failing:
> zod:~$ avahi-daemon --check && echo OK
> OK
> zod:~$ avahi-browse -a
> Failed to create client object: Daemon not running
> 
> 
> 

This has been fixed.

Joe

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