<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> <![if mso 9]> <style> p.MsoNormal {margin-left:37.5pt;} </style> <![endif]> </head> <body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.jpg@01CA8D48.1691B510" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:37.5pt;margin-top:15.0pt'> <img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CA8D48.1691B510" v:src="cid:image001.jpg@01CA8D48.1691B510" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0 height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'> <div class=Section1> Sorry for the repost, I received no responses to this last month and wanted to see if anyone had any insight:<o:p></o:p> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<o:p></o:p> I’m having problems browsing for services with the Bonjour compatibility layer.  My application (simple as it may be) needs to detect other services of its kind on startup.  I call DNSServiceBrowse() with my regtype, get the socket for the browse service, and perform select() on it with a timeout of 2 seconds.<o:p></o:p> In Windows with Bonjour, this works fine.  select() indicates that the socket has data and I call DNSServiceProcessResult() on it to collect the information.  But in Ubuntu using Avahi, it’s as if the mDNSResponder (or Avahi equivalent) is not responding.  select() just times out.  Even if I increase the timeout to 30 seconds, or try to browse for “_ipp._tcp” services (we have a dozen printers), I get no response from the browse socket.<o:p></o:p> However, if I run avahi-discover, I see the other instance of the service along with all our printers.  Everything appears to be operating normally.<o:p></o:p> I’m using the compatibility layer because we’d like to run under Linux, but our primary target is Windows and thus Bonjour.  It seems like overkill at the moment to code up an interface for both APIs.<o:p></o:p> I’m assuming (based on the fact that I’m running Ubuntu 9.10 and based on the results from avahi-discover) that the DNS server is in fact running and all required Avahi components are in place.  What am I overlooking here?<o:p></o:p> Thanks,<o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Joshua Foster</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div style='margin-left:7.5pt'> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" noshade color=black align=center> </div> </div> </div> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr height=149 style='height:111.75pt'> <td width=290 height=149 style='width:217.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:111.75pt' .75pt .75pt .75pt> <img width=248 height=73 id=DTI src="cid:image002.jpg@01CA8D48.1691B510"><o:p></o:p> </td> <td width=320 height=149 style='width:240.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:111.75pt' .75pt .75pt .75pt> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Joshua Foster</st1:PersonName> Sr. Computer Programmer <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2721 X-Ray Drive</st1:address></st1:Street> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gastonia</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">28054</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> (704) 824-0199 x217 (704) 824-0241 Fax jfoster@dtiweb.net www.dtiweb.net<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr height=149 style='height:111.75pt'> <td width=290 colspan=2 height=149 style='width:217.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:111.75pt'> This message may contain sensitive, proprietary and/or privileged information. Disclosure is not authorized unless provided in writing by Defense Technologies, Inc. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation.<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table>  <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>