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

[Trent Lloyd]

Thats because avahi-discover-standalone uses the core avahi libraries
directly (like avahi-daemon) and not the dbus interface to avahi-daemon.

Cheers,
Trent

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:21:24AM -0400, Nicholas Andrews wrote:
> 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
> >
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Trent Lloyd <lathiat at bur.st>
Bur.st Networking Inc.