Hi Luc, I tested what you have suggested to no avail. As I edited nsswitch.conf I just edited
#hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 hosts: files dns and vice versa elara:/home/mschmitt# dpkg -l|grep avahi ii avahi-daemon 0.6.16-1 Avah i mDNS/DNS-SD daemon ii libavahi-client-dev 0.6.16-1 Deve lopment files for the Avahi client libra ii libavahi-client3 0.6.16-1 Avah i client library ii libavahi-common-data 0.6.16-1 Avah i common data files ii libavahi-common-dev 0.6.16-1 Deve lopment files for the Avahi common libra ii libavahi-common3 0.6.16-1 Avah i common library ii libavahi-compat-howl0 0.6.16-1 Avah i Howl compatibility library ii libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 0.6.16-1 Avah i Apple Bonjour compatibility library ii libavahi-core4 0.6.16-1 Avah i's embeddable mDNS/DNS-SD library ii libavahi-glib-dev 0.6.16-1 Deve lopment headers for the Avahi glib integ ii libavahi-glib1 0.6.16-1 Avah i glib integration library ii libavahi-qt3-1 0.6.16-1 Avah i Qt3 integration library elara:/home/mschmitt# nano /etc/nsswitch.conf elara:/home/mschmitt# host europa europa.tcw.local has address 192.168.0.1 elara:/home/mschmitt# ping europa ping: unknown host europa elara:/home/mschmitt# nano /etc/nsswitch.conf elara:/home/mschmitt# ping europa PING europa.tcw.local (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from europa.tcw.local (192.168.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.24 ms 64 bytes from europa.tcw.local (192.168.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.25 ms 64 bytes from europa.tcw.local (192.168.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.26 ms --- europa.tcw.local ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.243/1.255/1.265/0.041 ms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
