[Bug 704372] Re: avahi-daemon hangs 'starting up' with v2.6.38 based kernels

[Rolf Leggewie]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: avahi (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix

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Title:
  avahi-daemon hangs 'starting up' with v2.6.38 based kernels

Status in Avahi:
  Fix Released
Status in avahi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in avahi source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix
Status in linux source package in Lucid:
  Invalid
Status in avahi source package in Natty:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Natty:
  Fix Released
Status in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  A change in the mainline kernel to fix a bug in netlink request flag
  handling has exposed a corresponding bug in the use of netlink within
  avahi.  This leads to the daemon hanging during initialisation
  appearing as below:

      $ ps -ef | grep avahi
      avahi     2497     1  0 11:26 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon: starting up

  This situation persists indefinatly.  All requests timeout and the
  machine is not visible on the greater network.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: avahi-daemon 0.6.28-2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.27~masterplay201101171654-generic 2.6.38
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan 18 11:27:48 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: avahi

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