On 05/23/2013 04:46 PM, Sean Alexandre wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:39:16PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: >> I'm still running Squeeze for a while longer before I finally upgrade to >> Wheezy - want to let it shake out a bit before taking the plunge. :-) >> >> A question that I've been pondering for a while now: Is the >> avahi-daemon *really* needed? > > I've disabled it, and haven't needed it. Here's more on what it's for: > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/avahi-daemon > > So it seems you'd only need it if you want auto-discovery for printers and > other > devices on your network. > > You should be able to disable it with: > update-rc.d avahi-daemon disable > > This leaves it installed, to satisfy the dependencies you're seeing, but > causes it > not to start when you reboot. > > To stop it before rebooting: > service avahi-daemon stop >
Or just tell the system not yo start it in /etc/default/avahi-daemon > __ Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/519ea04c.3050...@gmail.com
