Public bug reported: I just upgraded to Jaunty skipping a couple of releases, probably from Gutsy or Hardy. The system no longer broadcasts its IP address using the Bonjour protocol, because the daemon doesn't start.
# /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart * Restarting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Daemon avahi-daemon [fail] ==> /var/log/daemon.log <== Feb 10 11:26:22 *** avahi-daemon[11948]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 115) and group 'avahi' (GID 118). Feb 10 11:26:22 *** avahi-daemon[11948]: Successfully dropped root privileges. Feb 10 11:26:22 *** avahi-daemon[11948]: avahi-daemon 0.6.23 starting up. Feb 10 11:26:22 *** avahi-daemon[11948]: dbus_bus_get_private(): Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory Feb 10 11:26:22 *** avahi-daemon[11948]: WARNING: Failed to contact D-Bus daemon. # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 # apt-cache policy avahi-daemon avahi-daemon: Instalados: 0.6.23-4ubuntu4 Candidato: 0.6.23-4ubuntu4 Tabla de versiĆ³n: *** 0.6.23-4ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.6.23-2ubuntu2.1 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages ** Affects: avahi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- avahi daemon unable to start after upgrade to Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519917 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