I don't know if its related to this bug, but I get in addition to the console warning above this warning message box:
"Howl initialisation failed. Probably you need to run mDNSResponder as root prior to Gobby. Zeroconf support is deactivated for this session." -- Avahi warning when launching gobby https://launchpad.net/bugs/69457 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
