I was just pointed to http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/avahi/2007-March/001007.html
If you change nsswitch.conf to hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns do the timeouts disappear then? ** Changed in: avahi (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- mdns listed in nsswitch.conf causes excessive time for dns lookups https://launchpad.net/bugs/94940 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs