I too have been affected by this bug. No issues with .local multicasting for me either. Running 10.4.1, intel E3300, 2gb ram, g43 chipset, sata hdd's, realtek onbord eth.
mich...@server:~$ host -t SOA local Host local not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) after reboot: mich...@server:~$ ps -A |grep avahi 872 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon 873 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon mich...@server:~$ avahi-browse -a + eth0 IPv4 server [40:61:86:37:**:**] Workstation local + eth0 IPv4 Michael-NB Apple File Sharing local + eth0 IPv4 Michael-NB Microsoft Windows Network local Network discovery from my mac does not work up to this point. Then i restart the avahi-daemon and all is good with the world. mich...@server:~$ sudo service avahi-daemon restart [sudo] password for michael: avahi-daemon start/running, process 2051 mich...@server:~$ avahi-browse -a + eth0 IPv4 server [40:61:86:37:**:**] Workstation local + eth0 IPv4 server Apple File Sharing local + eth0 IPv4 server _device-info._tcp local + eth0 IPv4 Michael-NB Apple File Sharing local + eth0 IPv4 Michael-NB Microsoft Windows Network local at this point my server appears in OS X's finder and my shares are accessible. Here is the output from cat /var/log/syslog | grep avahi for the reboot and then the restart of the service: Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 105) and group 'avahi' (GID 111). Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: avahi-daemon 0.6.25 starting up. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Successfully called chroot(). Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Loading service file /services/afpd.service. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Network interface enumeration completed. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Registering new address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe37:5e63 on eth0.*. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Server startup complete. Host name is server.local. Local service cookie is 2268463974. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Service "server" (/services/afpd.service) successfully established. Oct 24 23:05:21 server avahi-daemon[872]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'. Oct 24 23:05:26 server avahi-daemon[872]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.2. Oct 24 23:05:26 server avahi-daemon[872]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS. Oct 24 23:05:26 server avahi-daemon[872]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.2 on eth0.IPv4. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[872]: Got SIGTERM, quitting. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[872]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.2. Oct 24 23:09:27 server init: avahi-daemon main process (872) terminated with status 255 Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 105) and group 'avahi' (GID 111). Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: avahi-daemon 0.6.25 starting up. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Successfully called chroot(). Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Loading service file /services/afpd.service. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.2. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Network interface enumeration completed. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Registering new address record for fe80::4261:86ff:fe37:5e63 on eth0.*. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.2 on eth0.IPv4. Oct 24 23:09:27 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'. Oct 24 23:09:28 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Server startup complete. Host name is server.local. Local service cookie is 2482462368. Oct 24 23:09:29 server avahi-daemon[2051]: Service "server" (/services/afpd.service) successfully established. mich...@server:~$ Please find a solution to this most annoying bug. -- Avahi needs to be restarted after boot to broadcast netatalk services https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624043 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
