[avahi] Setup troubles

[Sebastien Estienne]

maybe you didnt' compiled MULTICAST support in your kernel (i think
it's quite frequent issue with gentoo / hand built kernel)

On 2/13/06, Oliver Charles <depth.of.field at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have 2 computers - my Windows laptop and this Linux computer. We'll
> assume that the laptop is all configured correctly (although it may have
> problems). The laptop is primarily used by other members of my family
> and they would like to have access to my music. I knew of DAAP and that
> Banshee supports it with avahi - so I thought Id try it.
>
> I use gentoo, so I just emerged avahi with the following use flags:
> +bookmarks +dbus -doc +gdbm +gtk -howl-compat -mdnsresponder-compat
> +mono +python -qt
>
> My avahi-daemon.conf is:
>         [server]
>         host-name=gentoo
>         domain-name=home
>         browse-domains=home
>         use-ipv4=yes
>         use-ipv6=no
>         #check-response-ttl=no
>         #use-iff-running=no
>         enable-dbus=yes
>         #disallow-other-stacks=no
>
>         [wide-area]
>         enable-wide-area=yes
>
>         [publish]
>         #disable-publishing=no
>         #disable-user-service-publishing=no
>         #add-service-cookie=yes
>         #publish-addresses=yes
>         #publish-hinfo=yes
>         #publish-workstation=yes
>         #publish-domain=yes
>         #publish-dns-servers=192.168.50.1, 192.168.50.2
>         #publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers=yes
>
>         [reflector]
>         #enable-reflector=no
>         #reflect-ipv=no
>
>         [rlimits]
>         #rlimit-as=
>         rlimit-core=0
>         rlimit-data=4194304
>         rlimit-fsize=0
>         rlimit-nofile=30
>         rlimit-stack=4194304
>         rlimit-nproc=3
>
> Here I load the daemon:
>         gentoo ~ # avahi-daemon
>         Found user 'avahi' (UID 103) and group 'avahi' (GID 410).
>         Successfully dropped root privileges.
>         avahi-daemon 0.6.4 starting up.
>         Loading service file /etc/avahi/services/ssh.service.
>         *** WARNING: Detected another IPv4 mDNS stack running on this
>         host. This makes mDNS unreliable and is thus not recommended.
>         ***
>         socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol
>         New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.
>         Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address
>         192.168.1.2.
>         Network interface enumeration completed.
>         Registering new address record for 192.168.1.2 on eth0.
>         Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'.
>         iface.c: avahi_server_add_service() failed: Not supported
>         iface.c: avahi_server_add_service() failed: Not supported
>         Server startup complete. Host name is gentoo.home. Local service
>         cookie is 1548190695.
>         Failed to add service 'Remote Terminal on gentoo' of type
>         '_ssh._tcp', ignoring service group
>         (/etc/avahi/services/ssh.service): Not supported
>
>         (New terminal here):
>         gentoo ~ # avahi-dnsconfd
>         Successfully connected to Avahi daemon.
>
> Attempting to browse:
>         acid at gentoo ~ $ avahi-browse -a
>         service_type_browser failed: DNS failure: NXDOMAIN
>
>         acid at gentoo ~ $ avahi-browse -D
>         +  n/a  n/a home
>         domain_browser failed: DNS failure: NXDOMAIN
>
> Also, running avahi-discover shows very little, only:
>         acid at gentoo ~ $ avahi-discover
>         A new main_window has been created
>         Browsing domain 'local' on -1.-1 ...
>         Browsing domain 'home' on -1.-1 ...
>
>         In GTK window:
>
>         | + Wide Area
>         | ---- home
>
>
> A few more details that may help:
>         Domain: home
>         My int ip: 198.168.1.2
>         Laptop int ip: 192.168.1.3
>
>
> Any ideas?
> - Oliver Charles
>
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Sebastien Estienne