reassign 755309 libreoffice-draw affects 755309 libreoffice-impress reassign libreoffice draw or impress fail to start if avahi service publishing disabled thanks
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 07:33:38PM +0100, Ken Milmore wrote: > Package: libreoffice-common Actually not, the avahi stuff is purely in -draw. (even if it was central, it would be core as it's in a binary, not something arch-independant.) > Attempting to run either LibreOffice Draw or LibreOffice Impress fails, giving > an error message like this: > > $ soffice --draw > Adding service 'pangloss' > Failed to add _impressremote._tcp service: Not permitted > soffice.bin: client.c:626: avahi_client_free: Assertion `client' failed. > > With service publishing enabled, these applications start up normally. ... and listen. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749770 > I understand that Impress Remote is a new facility is to allow a mobile device > to control a presentation. I couldn't find an option anywhere to turn this > facility off. There is Tools -> Options -> Impress -> General -> [ ] Enable remote control (which disables all Impress remote control things, not just avahi) > Disabling service publishing is IMHO a reasonable security measure which is > suggested in the avahi-daemon.conf man page; I use Avahi mDNS as a client for > printer discovery but don't need to broadcast services to the net. I think > LibreOffice should be able to deal with this without refusing to run. Or not require it at all, yeah. I could probably do what I outlined in my last comment in #749770 but that would mean weeks delay because it needs to go through NEW with a new package. Or --disable-avahi completely. Regards, Rene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
