Public bug reported: For the last few days this message appears at startup
"Network service discovery disabled Your current network has a .local domain, which is not recommended and incompatible with the Avahi network service discovery. The service has been disabled." the ubuntu forum thread at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2353783 suggests running "host -t SOA local" the output is as follows :~$ host -t SOA local ;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet. local has no SOA record ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: host (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Sep 2 12:42:54 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-13 (262 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) SourcePackage: bind9 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-28 (5 days ago) ** Affects: bind9 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790340 Title: host utility gives malformed message packet To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/+bug/1790340/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs