[avahi] Re: client-browse-services.c fails: "Unexpected DBUS error occured"

[Nicholas Andrews]

avahi-discover-standalone works, though.

On 6/8/06, Nicholas Andrews <tar.bz2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> avahi-0.6.10, configured with all defaults except no QT bindings, no
> mono, and no python.
>
> dbus-0.61, default configuration
>
> libdaemon-0.10, default configuration
>
> On debian stable, I compiled the example with the following command:
>
> gcc client-browse-services.c `pkg-config avahi-client --cflags --libs`
>
> There were no warnings and no errors. When I run the executable, I get
> the following error: "Failed to create client: An unexpected DBUS
> error occured"
>
> Both dbus-daemon and dbus-start appear to be running, however I don't
> see the avahi-daemon. If I try to start it again with "avahi-daemon"
> it fails with:
>
> dbus_bus_get(): Failed to connect to socket
> /usr/local/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
> WARNING: Failed to contact D-BUS daemon.
>
> Am I missing a configuration step?
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Nick
>