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#1 2020-04-21 01:00:31

tallest
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[solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Edit on 23 April 2020:

This appears to have been an issue with dhcpcd-9.0.1. Updating to dhcpcd-9.0.2-1 resolved the issue on my system.

Original post:

After a "pacman -Syu" today (see log at the end of this post), avahi seemed to not be working properly. It seems like it's only advertising services on the loopback interface lo. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

From my Mac on the network, I got

 ~$ ping oz.local
ping: cannot resolve oz.local: Unknown host

I checked the service's status and got

 ~$ systemctl status avahi-daemon.service -n50
● avahi-daemon.service - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/avahi-daemon.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-04-20 18:46:37 MDT; 3min 15s ago
TriggeredBy: ● avahi-daemon.socket
   Main PID: 438 (avahi-daemon)
     Status: "avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up."
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 4586)
     Memory: 2.4M
     CGroup: /system.slice/avahi-daemon.service
             ├─438 avahi-daemon: running [oz.local]
             └─446 avahi-daemon: chroot helper

Apr 20 18:46:37 oz systemd[1]: Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack...
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 84) and group 'avahi' (GID 84).
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: avahi-daemon 0.8 starting up.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Successfully called chroot().
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Loading service file /services/vnc.service.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv6 with address ::1.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: New relevant interface lo.IPv6 for mDNS.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface lo.IPv4 with address 127.0.0.1.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: New relevant interface lo.IPv4 for mDNS.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Registering new address record for ::1 on lo.*.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Registering new address record for 127.0.0.1 on lo.IPv4.
Apr 20 18:46:37 oz systemd[1]: Started Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack.
Apr 20 18:46:38 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Server startup complete. Host name is oz.local. Local service cookie is 819849514.
Apr 20 18:46:39 oz avahi-daemon[438]: Service "oz" (/services/vnc.service) successfully established.

Note that avahi only appears to be starting on lo. It ignores my ethernet connection

$ ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp0s31f6: <BROADCAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 70:85: ...

I read the avahi Arch Linux documentation and realized I did not have nss-mdns installed. I installed it and configured it. No change. Here's my /etc/nsswitch.conf

# Name Service Switch configuration file.
# See nsswitch.conf(5) for details.

passwd: files mymachines systemd
group: files mymachines systemd
shadow: files

publickey: files

hosts: files mymachines myhostname mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] dns 
networks: files

protocols: files
services: files
ethers: files
rpc: files

netgroup: files

I also tried mdns4_minimal.

Windows can't resolve my hostname, oz.local, either. I had samba sharing working in Windows before this using wsdd.

Here's the log from my pacman -Syu:

[2020-04-20T09:21:44-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2020-04-20T09:21:44-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T09:21:47-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-20T09:39:48-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2020-04-20T09:39:48-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T09:39:50-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-20T09:43:32-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu --overwrite /usr/lib*/p11-kit-trust.so'
[2020-04-20T09:43:32-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T09:43:33-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-20T09:43:43-0600] [ALPM] running '60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:43:43-0600] [ALPM] running '70-dkms-remove.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:43:43-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> dkms remove broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 5.6.2-arch1-2
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libutil-linux (2.35.1-1 -> 2.35.1-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libffi (3.2.1-4 -> 3.3-3)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded glib2 (2.64.1-1 -> 2.64.2-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded harfbuzz (2.6.4-2 -> 2.6.5-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded librsvg (2:2.48.2-1 -> 2:2.48.3-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded gtk-update-icon-cache (1:3.24.17+22+g99bae0fb5f-1 -> 1:3.24.18-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded adwaita-icon-theme (3.36.0-1 -> 3.36.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-libs (245.4-2 -> 245.5-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libtirpc (1.2.5-1 -> 1.2.6-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded util-linux (2.35.1-1 -> 2.35.1-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:51-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libp11-kit (0.23.20-3 -> 0.23.20-4)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (245.4-2 -> 245.5-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded p11-kit (0.23.20-3 -> 0.23.20-4)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.51-1 -> 3.51.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded dhcpcd (8.1.6-1 -> 9.0.1-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded git (2.26.0-1 -> 2.26.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded glib-networking (2.64.1-1 -> 2.64.2-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded glib2-docs (2.64.1-1 -> 2.64.2-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:56-0600] [ALPM] upgraded go (2:1.14.1-1 -> 2:1.14.2-1)
[2020-04-20T09:43:56-0600] [ALPM] upgraded gobject-introspection-runtime (1.64.1-1 -> 1.64.1-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:58-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python (3.8.2-1 -> 3.8.2-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:58-0600] [ALPM] upgraded gobject-introspection (1.64.1-1 -> 1.64.1-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:58-0600] [ALPM] upgraded wayland (1.18.0-1 -> 1.18.0-2)
[2020-04-20T09:43:59-0600] [ALPM] upgraded llvm-libs (9.0.1-2 -> 10.0.0-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:00-0600] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (20.0.4-1 -> 20.0.4-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded gtk3 (1:3.24.17+22+g99bae0fb5f-1 -> 1:3.24.18-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded guile (2.2.6-1 -> 2.2.6-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded harfbuzz-icu (2.6.4-2 -> 2.6.5-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded jack (0.125.0-8 -> 0.125.0-9)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libinput (1.15.4-1 -> 1.15.5-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libmfx (19.4.0-4 -> 20.1.0-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libsecret (0.20.2-1 -> 0.20.3-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libssh (0.9.3-1 -> 0.9.4-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libva (2.7.0-1 -> 2.7.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:01-0600] [ALPM] upgraded libxnvctrl (440.64-1 -> 440.82-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:03-0600] [ALPM] upgraded linux (5.6.2.arch1-2 -> 5.6.5.arch3-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (5.6.2.arch1-2 -> 5.6.5.arch3-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded make (4.3-1 -> 4.3-3)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded man-pages (5.05-2 -> 5.06-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded nano (4.9.1-1 -> 4.9.2-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded nss (3.51-1 -> 3.51.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20200207-1 -> 20200411-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded perl-libwww (6.43-1 -> 6.44-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded pygobject-devel (3.36.0-1 -> 3.36.0-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python-cffi (1.14.0-1 -> 1.14.0-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python-geoip (1.3.2-7 -> 1.3.2-8)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python-gobject (3.36.0-1 -> 3.36.0-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python-regex (2020.2.20-1 -> 2020.4.4-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:07-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python-urllib3 (1.25.8-2 -> 1.25.9-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:08-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python2 (2.7.17-2 -> 2.7.17-3)
[2020-04-20T09:44:08-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python2-cffi (1.14.0-1 -> 1.14.0-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:08-0600] [ALPM] upgraded python2-gobject2 (2.28.7-4 -> 2.28.7-5)
[2020-04-20T09:44:08-0600] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (245.4-2 -> 245.5-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded webkit2gtk (2.28.0-3 -> 2.28.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded x264 (3:0.159.r2991.1771b55-1 -> 3:0.159.r2999.296494a-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-session (4.14.2-1 -> 4.14.2-2)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-settings (4.14.2-1 -> 4.14.3-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded xfce4-taskmanager (1.2.2-1 -> 1.2.3-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded xfsprogs (5.5.0-1 -> 5.6.0-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] upgraded xfwm4 (4.14.0-1 -> 4.14.1-1)
[2020-04-20T09:44:09-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-20T09:44:10-0600] [ALPM] running '20-systemd-sysusers.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:10-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-catalog.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:10-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:10-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-hwdb.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:11-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-sysctl.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:11-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:11-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-udev-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:11-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:11-0600] [ALPM] running '60-depmod.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:18-0600] [ALPM] running '70-dkms-install.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:18-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> dkms install broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 5.6.5-arch3-1
[2020-04-20T09:44:30-0600] [ALPM] running '90-mkinitcpio-install.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2020-04-20T09:44:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2020-04-20T09:44:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.6.5-arch3-1
[2020-04-20T09:44:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-04-20T09:44:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-04-20T09:44:31-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2020-04-20T09:44:31-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-04-20T09:44:31-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-04-20T09:44:31-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
[2020-04-20T09:44:32-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-04-20T09:44:32-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-04-20T09:44:32-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2020-04-20T09:44:32-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-04-20T09:44:32-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.6.5-arch3-1
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-04-20T09:44:35-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-04-20T09:44:36-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2020-04-20T09:44:36-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
[2020-04-20T09:44:38-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
[2020-04-20T09:44:38-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-04-20T09:44:39-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-04-20T09:44:40-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2020-04-20T09:44:41-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-04-20T09:44:42-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'dbus-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'detect-old-perl-modules.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'gio-querymodules.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'glib-compile-schemas.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'gtk-query-immodules-3.0.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:47-0600] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:48-0600] [ALPM] running 'texinfo-install.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:48-0600] [ALPM] running 'update-ca-trust.hook'...
[2020-04-20T09:44:49-0600] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2020-04-20T10:03:37-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S nss-mdns'
[2020-04-20T10:03:40-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-20T10:03:40-0600] [ALPM] installed nss-mdns (0.14.1-2)
[2020-04-20T10:03:40-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-20T10:03:40-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2020-04-20T11:13:00-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2020-04-20T11:13:00-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T11:13:03-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-20T11:13:09-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -y -u --config /etc/pacman.conf --'
[2020-04-20T11:13:09-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T11:13:10-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-20T11:13:22-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S -y --config /etc/pacman.conf -- extra/blas extra/cblas extra/lapack extra/python2-numpy'
[2020-04-20T11:13:22-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] installed blas (3.9.0-2)
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] installed cblas (3.9.0-2)
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] installed lapack (3.9.0-2)
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] installed python2-numpy (1.16.6-1)
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2020-04-20T11:13:27-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -D --asdeps --config /etc/pacman.conf -- blas cblas lapack python2-numpy'
[2020-04-20T11:15:38-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U --noconfirm --config /etc/pacman.conf -- /home/wilson/.cache/yay/plex-media-server/plex-media-server-1.19.1.2645-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2020-04-20T11:15:38-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-20T11:15:44-0600] [ALPM] upgraded plex-media-server (1.18.8.2527-1 -> 1.19.1.2645-1)
[2020-04-20T11:15:44-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-20T11:15:44-0600] [ALPM] running '20-systemd-sysusers.hook'...
[2020-04-20T11:15:44-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-20T11:15:44-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook'...
[2020-04-20T11:15:44-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2020-04-20T11:16:35-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U --noconfirm --config /etc/pacman.conf -- /home/wilson/.cache/yay/pygtk/pygtk-2.24.0-12-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2020-04-20T11:16:35-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-20T11:16:35-0600] [ALPM] upgraded pygtk (2.24.0-8 -> 2.24.0-12)
[2020-04-20T11:16:35-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-20T11:16:35-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2020-04-20T17:50:44-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2020-04-20T17:50:44-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-20T17:50:47-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-20T17:50:51-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-20T17:50:52-0600] [ALPM] upgraded git (2.26.1-1 -> 2.26.2-1)
[2020-04-20T17:50:52-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-20T17:50:52-0600] [ALPM] running '20-systemd-sysusers.hook'...
[2020-04-20T17:50:52-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-20T17:50:52-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...

Last edited by tallest (2020-04-23 17:24:24)

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#2 2020-04-21 08:02:52

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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Potentially related: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=254857 try updating dhcpcd to 9.0.1-4 from testing.

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#3 2020-04-21 15:55:29

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From: New Mexico, USA
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

No luck. I tried updating dhcpcd to 9.0.1-4 with no change in this behavior. My /etc/resolv.conf does include a nameserver.

Thanks for the suggestion though. All I've been able to find on this is a reddit post with one reply (from me) and no solution.

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#4 2020-04-21 19:41:38

thegala
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Hello,
I have same problem. I tried downgrading avahi  and dhcpcd. I even installed avahi-git from AUR.
No help.
If you find solution please write it here.
Thx.


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#5 2020-04-21 20:17:02

tallest
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

thegala, did your issue start up recently as well?

If so and if possible, can you post the packages that were installed right before the issue started?

Thanks!

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#6 2020-04-21 21:03:35

loqs
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

If you downgrade the system to the reverse the last pacman -Syu does avahi start functioning as before?

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#7 2020-04-21 22:57:00

thegala
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

I think I have btrfs snapshot. I will try to boot into previous snapshot tomorrow.


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#8 2020-04-21 23:15:39

tallest
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Thanks!! Downgrading to 4/10/2020 did resolve the issue.

Any advice on how to identify which package caused the issue would be greatly appreciated.

Here's my downgrade log:

[2020-04-21T15:25:49-0600] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyuu'
[2020-04-21T15:25:49-0600] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-04-21T15:25:54-0600] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-04-21T15:30:40-0600] [ALPM] running '60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:30:40-0600] [ALPM] running '70-dkms-remove.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:30:40-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> dkms remove broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 5.6.5-arch3-1
[2020-04-21T15:30:47-0600] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-04-21T15:30:47-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libutil-linux (2.35.1-2 -> 2.35.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:47-0600] [ALPM] downgraded iana-etc (20200401-1 -> 20200327-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:47-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libffi (3.3-3 -> 3.2.1-4)
[2020-04-21T15:30:47-0600] [ALPM] downgraded glib2 (2.64.2-1 -> 2.64.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:47-0600] [ALPM] downgraded harfbuzz (2.6.5-1 -> 2.6.4-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:48-0600] [ALPM] downgraded adwaita-icon-theme (3.36.1-1 -> 3.36.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:48-0600] [ALPM] downgraded systemd-libs (245.5-1 -> 245.4-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:48-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libtirpc (1.2.6-1 -> 1.2.5-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:48-0600] [ALPM] downgraded util-linux (2.35.1-2 -> 2.35.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:48-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libp11-kit (0.23.20-4 -> 0.23.20-3)
[2020-04-21T15:30:48-0600] [ALPM] downgraded systemd (245.5-1 -> 245.4-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded p11-kit (0.23.20-4 -> 0.23.20-3)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.51.1-1 -> 3.51-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] warning: directory permissions differ on /var/lib/dhcpcd/
filesystem: 700  package: 755
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded dhcpcd (9.0.1-2 -> 8.1.7-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded git (2.26.2-1 -> 2.26.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded glib-networking (2.64.2-1 -> 2.64.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded glib2-docs (2.64.2-1 -> 2.64.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded gobject-introspection-runtime (1.64.1-2 -> 1.64.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python (3.8.2-2 -> 3.8.2-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:49-0600] [ALPM] downgraded gobject-introspection (1.64.1-2 -> 1.64.1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded guile (2.2.6-2 -> 2.2.6-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded harfbuzz-icu (2.6.5-1 -> 2.6.4-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libinput (1.15.5-1 -> 1.15.4-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libmfx (20.1.0-1 -> 19.4.0-4)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libsecret (0.20.3-1 -> 0.20.2-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded wayland (1.18.0-2 -> 1.18.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded llvm-libs (10.0.0-1 -> 9.0.1-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded mesa (20.0.4-2 -> 20.0.4-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libva (2.7.1-1 -> 2.7.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:50-0600] [ALPM] downgraded libxnvctrl (440.82-1 -> 440.64-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:54-0600] [ALPM] downgraded linux (5.6.5.arch3-1 -> 5.6.3.arch1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] downgraded linux-headers (5.6.5.arch3-1 -> 5.6.3.arch1-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] downgraded make (4.3-3 -> 4.3-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] downgraded man-pages (5.06-1 -> 5.05-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] warning: directory permissions differ on /var/lib/mlocate/
filesystem: 750  package: 755
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] downgraded mlocate (0.26.git.20170220-3 -> 0.26.git.20170220-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] downgraded nss (3.51.1-1 -> 3.51-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] warning: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist installed as /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
[2020-04-21T15:30:56-0600] [ALPM] downgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20200411-1 -> 20200207-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded perl-libwww (6.44-1 -> 6.43-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded pygobject-devel (3.36.0-2 -> 3.36.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python-cffi (1.14.0-2 -> 1.14.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python-geoip (1.3.2-8 -> 1.3.2-7)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python-gobject (3.36.0-2 -> 3.36.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python-regex (2020.4.4-1 -> 2020.2.20-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:57-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python-urllib3 (1.25.9-1 -> 1.25.8-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:58-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python2 (2.7.17-3 -> 2.7.17-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:58-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python2-cffi (1.14.0-2 -> 1.14.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:58-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python2-gobject2 (2.28.7-5 -> 2.28.7-4)
[2020-04-21T15:30:58-0600] [ALPM] downgraded python2-numpy (1.16.6-1 -> 1.16.4-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:58-0600] [ALPM] downgraded s-nail (14.9.18-1 -> 14.9.17-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:58-0600] [ALPM] downgraded systemd-sysvcompat (245.5-1 -> 245.4-2)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded webkit2gtk (2.28.1-1 -> 2.28.0-3)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded x264 (3:0.159.r2999.296494a-1 -> 3:0.159.r2991.1771b55-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded xfce4-session (4.14.2-2 -> 4.14.2-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded xfce4-settings (4.14.3-1 -> 4.14.2-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded xfce4-taskmanager (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded xfsprogs (5.6.0-1 -> 5.5.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] downgraded xfwm4 (4.14.1-1 -> 4.14.0-1)
[2020-04-21T15:30:59-0600] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-04-21T15:31:00-0600] [ALPM] running '20-systemd-sysusers.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:00-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-catalog.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:00-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:00-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-hwdb.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:00-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-sysctl.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:00-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:01-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-udev-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:01-0600] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:01-0600] [ALPM] running '60-depmod.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:06-0600] [ALPM] running '70-dkms-install.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:06-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> dkms install broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 5.6.3-arch1-1
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM] running '90-mkinitcpio-install.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.6.3-arch1-1
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-04-21T15:31:19-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-04-21T15:31:20-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
[2020-04-21T15:31:21-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-04-21T15:31:21-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-04-21T15:31:21-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2020-04-21T15:31:21-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-04-21T15:31:21-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.6.3-arch1-1
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-04-21T15:31:24-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-04-21T15:31:25-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2020-04-21T15:31:25-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
[2020-04-21T15:31:27-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
[2020-04-21T15:31:27-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-04-21T15:31:28-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-04-21T15:31:29-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2020-04-21T15:31:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-04-21T15:31:30-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM] running 'dbus-reload.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM] running 'detect-old-perl-modules.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM] running 'gio-querymodules.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM] running 'texinfo-install.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:36-0600] [ALPM] running 'update-ca-trust.hook'...
[2020-04-21T15:31:37-0600] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...

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#9 2020-04-21 23:45:34

loqs
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Registered: 2014-03-06
Posts: 17,421

Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

dhcpcd 9.0.1-2  has been causing many recent issues.

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#10 2020-04-22 01:12:32

thegala
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Registered: 2013-08-27
Posts: 16

Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Yes after downgrading dhcpcd from 9.0.1-2 to 8.1.7-1 avahi is working fine.
Guess there is a problem with dhcpcd.
Btw I tried to downgrade and just reset dhcpcd, but it didn't help. You need to restart computer.


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#11 2020-04-22 14:15:25

tallest
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From: New Mexico, USA
Registered: 2017-02-19
Posts: 9

Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Same here. Downgrading to dhcpcd-8.1.7-1 has resolved the issue. Thanks to everyone who replied!

V1del, I guess that post was related even if 9.0.1-4 didn't resolve my issue. Thanks!

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#12 2020-04-23 09:03:45

rsmarples
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Registered: 2009-05-12
Posts: 287

Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

This is fixed in dhcpcd-9.0.2, sorry for the issue.

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#13 2020-04-23 17:21:38

tallest
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Registered: 2017-02-19
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Re: [solved] Avahi only joining loopback interface

Confirmed! Updated to 9.0.2-1 and things are working again. Thanks!

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