Questions tagged [avahi]
Avahi is a fully LGPL framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration.
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Avahi-Daemon can't discover RaspberryPi
Ubuntu 22.04 is unable to find raspberrypi.local on my network.
However, my iPhone can find it.
PI is running over ethernet.
I've restarted the avahi-daemon.service on the pi, and also avahi-daemon on ...
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Two laptops separately detected another IPv4 mDNS stack running on the host
Yesterday I encountered a problem on both of my two laptops (both using Ubuntu, one is 20.04.5, one is 22.04).
The problem was a crash popup "The application Passwords and Keys has closed ...
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avahi daemon - how do I publish a local ip?
I have a local network which I want to use avahi daemon to publish and spread the ip of 10.0.0.XX
and alike.
I've written an XML:
<service-group>
<name>dev-10</name>
<service&...
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avahi-browse cannot find all local computers although mDNS is working
I am reading the following procedure:
How can I discover the hostnames for all the machines on my lan? .
However, when I tried the command avahi-browse -av -d local, it showed the followings, although ...
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mdns hostname not fixed
I have a host that I named "betelgeuze". As such it is listed in /etc/hostname.
Avahi is mangling this:
boss@betelgeuze:/etc$ ps -ef |grep avahi
avahi 639 1 0 13:03 ? 00:...
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AVAHI: Troubles with avahi-daemon's CPU and memory usage profile on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04; how to tighten up settings?
I am finding that avahi-daemon is a "necessary evil" sometimes. It chews some CPU and memory up that I really don't want it to. Sometimes it's significant and runs well over 20-90%, but even ...
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apt install fails because of avahi-daemon.service (20.04)
I am trying to install a program with apt install (or apt-get install) but it always fails due to an error with the avahi-daemon.
See below (ignore the program wine is already installed. This happens ...
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How do I find out whether I have a .local (mDNS) address, and what it is?
My impression is that Ubuntu 22.04 comes with avahi preinstalled. How do I most easily check whether the machine I'm using has a .local address, and if so, what that address is? I'm asking under the ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 - MDNS queries respond to a unique device
I'm trying to set up a MDNS reflector in Ubuntu Server 20.04 between 2 vlans but I need that a device connected to the first vlan get the address of a device connected to the other vlan. For example ...
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Ping to avahi device does not work all the time
I just added a NAS to my home network and gave it the hostname mynas. I tried to access the NAS from Kubuntu 20.04 (especially via Samba). It works fine when using plain hostname, but it fails when ...
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ubuntu doens't resolve usb device name
I have a ARM SBC running linux and configured to be connected to a pc via USB using rndis gadget.
Inside my device I configured dnsmasq to provide to the host pc an ipv6 address, I also configured the ...
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There are some errors with avahi-daemon when I try to upgrade Xubuntu 21.04
I have Xubuntu 21.04 64-bit. Every time I do "apt upgrade" I have error messages:
Setting up avahi-daemon (0.8-5ubuntu3.1) ...
invoke-rc.d: syntax error: unknown option "--skip-systemd-...
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How to prevent (or at least automatically fix) `avahi-daemon: running [ubuntu_comp_hostname.local]` getting replaced with version with `-2` appended?
I have this problem where this:
#=> avahi-daemon: running [ubuntu_comp_hostname.local]
keeps getting itself replaced with a version with a -2 appended:
#=> avahi-daemon: running [...
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ssh-ing in to ubuntu comp by hostname suddenly stopped working (`Could not resolve hostname [ubuntu_comp_hostname]: Name or service not known`)
(see EDIT added to end, bout avahi stuff)
It just does this:
> ssh -v [ubuntu_comp_hostname].local =>
OpenSSH_8.2p1, LibreSSL 3.0.2
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/o1/.ssh/...
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How to file a bug report for avahi-autoipd.action [duplicate]
Does anyone know how to file a bug report for /etc/avahi/avahi-autoipd.action
it comes in the the package
avahi-autoipd
but I'm not sure if this script is avahi devs or Ubuntu. The script is called ...
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Time Machine config (Late 2020) - need for Avahi? Using Docker as best practices?
I'm about to upgrade the hardware in my server that is using a SAMBA/Avahi configuration to act as a network Time Machine backup for my Macs. Just perusing the different documentation - it seems ...
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avahi-browse only find localhost, but no other network devices
When running avahi-browse -arvp I only get results back from my own laptop, but nothing else (I ran avahi-browse -arvp on my Pi and I get all the network devices)
So I copied the /etc/avahi/avahi-...
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avahi & nsswitch.conf with `mdns4` and subdomain resolution from peers
Following up on unanswered comments in this question.
I'm trying to use zeroconf/bonjour for a home network specialty network device which needs to pass through certain traffic to additional devices - ...
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Avahi DNS working, other services not discovered
I have recently upgraded my motherboard on a 20.04 workstation and since then some avahi services do not seem to work.
avahi-resolve-host returns the correct IP addresses for hosts on my workstation. ...
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Avahi / mDNS not working
I am having issues getting my servers to talk to each other via mDNS / Avahi.
I have two servers, an Ubuntu Server and a Raspberry PI.
user@WORKCOM9001~ ()$ sudo service avahi-daemon status
● avahi-...
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Is there a way for me to know why I have Avahi? [duplicate]
For the past couple of weeks, I've been getting near-constant error notifications from Ubuntu (18.04 Cinnamon)
Network service discovery disabled
Your current network has a .local domain, which is ...
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Can't Install Avahi
I am trying to install avahi for a class. I am running ubuntu 19.10. When I use the command "sudo snap install avahi" I get a series of changing lines, then it terminates with the following text:
(...
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Ubuntu network file-sharing
This couldn't be simpler, but I've failed to get it working, so I hope some Samba or Avahi experts can help me here.
I have a laptop and a desktop on a home network both running Ubuntu 19.10, along ...
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avahi process maxing out 18 CPUs on VM
I'm not quite sure what the avahi process does, I see from searching that it "facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite" and I understand it comes default on ...
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How can I access my laptop via .local without having to log in?
I noticed that my Ubuntu 18.04 laptop is visible to network via name.local only after I have logged in.
How can I make it so that it would be possible to access the laptop like this right after boot?...
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avahi name resolution not respected for subdomains in 19.04
This seems to be a behavior difference which only started in either 18.10 or 19.04.
While avahi-resolve --name my.subdomain.local returns a valid IP address and is working it doesn't work outside of ...
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How do I setup Avahi?
I want to mount network drives using DNS names, so I'm trying to setup Avahi but I can't find any introduction or baby steps - I am pretty new to Linux.
What is the most basic config and setup ...
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Avahi service fails with enable-dbus=no
Xubuntu 18.04.2 LTS x86_64
In an attempt to remove "ghost printers" from showing up in print dialogs, I added "enable-dbus=no" to my /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf.
I think it gives the proper behavior ...
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How do I remove hundreds of automatically added network printers?
It is very difficult for me to perform printing, because the printer dialogue is full of hundreds of automatically added printers, so I can't find the one I want to use, see screenshot below.
The ...
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avahi-autoipd removing static interface
I am having some trouble with the AVAHI daemon. I am not using networkmanager, instead just configuring /etc/network/interfaces. I am configuring two interfaces for the ethernet adapter:
one using ...
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Seeing Ubuntu Server 19.04 twice on clients - probably Avahi mDNS issue
Just setup a Mac Mini running Ubuntu Server 19.04 with Samba 4.10.0. On macOS Mojave clients, I see the server twice - once as "Mac Mini" (pretty hostname) with the correct Mac Mini icon and once as "...
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Avahi daemon uses excessive amounts of CPU?
It seems that avahi-daemon process, which is unknown to me, is using excessive amounts of CPU on my system
I have tried both htop and system monitor, and only htop show the CPU use. Screenshots are ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 avahi-daemon unstable hostname.local resolution
On a local network im using a PC with Ubuntu 18.04 and i have two raspberry pi one of which is running pi-hole as DNS server (im not using its DHCP) and the other one has just a web server on it.
All ...
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Ubuntu 18.10, Samba 4.8.4 smb.conf - what are the valid values for fruit:model?
I'm accessing a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.10 and Samba 4.8.4 from macOS clients running Mojave. When connected via SMB, I want the Finder icon to look like a Mac Mini (because that's what Ubuntu 18....
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Extremely slow boot up - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
I'm running:
LSB Version: core-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:printing-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch:security-9.20170808ubuntu1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18....
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Shorten nmcli connection timeout from 120s to 10s, try a lower priority interface quicker
On Ubuntu 16.04 lts I am using nmcli to manage the network interfaces. I have connections like so.
NAME UUID TYPE DEVICE
link-local-0 da55e0dd-...
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Avahi Reflector Ubuntu 18.10 Modprobe dot1q configuration on Hyper-V 2012 R2 Server
I am having a hard time configuring vlan interfaces on ubuntu desktop 18.10
Does anyone have any good templates or guides? I found this guide and have followed it online: http://chrisreinking.com/...
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avahi-daemon not setting up
For the last week or two I've been getting a package installation failure when I update Ubuntu 18.04. The following text appears in the Details window:
Setting up gnome-session-flashback (1:3.28.0-...
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bionic 18.04 avahi not playing on a mac network
I am running 18.04. I am on a network running a variety of systems but the philosophy is very apple. They are using Bonjour for discovery. This is not working on my box. If I ping a .local name I get "...
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DNS & .local domain 18.04
I am trying to join Ubuntu laptops to our domain company.local (Yes I know .local is bad practice)
I am having some issues with only what I can assume is DNS. I can't ping the domain controller (dc....
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Server 18.04: netplan, avahi and DHCP combination
For a long time now I have been looking for a means to replicate Window's IPv4 assignment behaviour. That is, first try DHCP and on failure switch to link-local addressing. So far I failed to find ...
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How to remove .local suffix from Ubuntu hostname?
When I try to connect to my Ubuntu device with the ssh terminal command, I have to add .local suffix to Ubuntu hostname. For example, if I want to ssh to my device with its hostname, my ssh command ...
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Avahi daemon necessary? CPU load quiet high
While using htop for some other stuff I noticed a programm called 'avahi-daemon' which is using quiet a lot of my maximum CPU load and definitely more than all other programs.
I read it is some kind ...
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Ubuntu avahi-daemon cannot find "raspberrypi.local"
I am using a ubuntu 16.04 LTS laptop. I have a raspberry pi zero I flashed raspbian onto. I enabled ssh on the raspberry pi, and set it up as an ethernet gadget so I can ssh into it from a micro-usb ...
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What is mDNS? Is it possible to make mDNS query without mdns service running?
Recently I came across avahi-daemon and mdns....
Do I need a mDNS client in my system to connect with mDNS server?
Or is there any other way to connect a computer without mDNS client to a mDNS ...
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Why "couldn't resolve host" error occur for avahi-daemon?
I couldn't connect Ubuntu with raspberrypi. I typed
ssh [email protected]
but it shows “cannot resolve host.”
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How can I use "udhcpc" with "avahi-autoipd"?
I need the link local address to be acquired by the avahi-autoipd daemon, when the dhcp server goes out of network. How can I do this?
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Ubuntu 14.04: Can't reach link-local addresses
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and have avahi installed.
I can correctly resolve .local hostnames, but cannot reach the resolved link-local IP addresses. For example:
$ ping thebox.local
PING thebox.local (...
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How can I de-duplicate an Avahi address?
My laptop has the Avahi address laptop-2.local instead of laptop.local (which was the address the last time I used it). There is no other machine on the network with the hostname laptop, nor has there ...
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Can I setup subdomain.hostname.local on a home network?
I have hosts alpha.local and beta.local running on my home network, the network is managed by a (very) simple wireless router. I can access the servers using, for example, ssh alpha or http://beta....
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