[Bug 743031] Re: server.c:899: dispatch_packet: Assertion `iface > 0' failed.

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On 2011-03-24T10:05:22+00:00 Tomasz wrote:

Description of problem:
Since few days avahi cannot start neither during system boot not manually:

# avahi-daemon --debug
Found user 'avahi' (UID 498) and group 'avahi' (GID 497).
Successfully dropped root privileges.
avahi-daemon 0.6.29 starting up.
Successfully called chroot().
Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Loading service file /services/ssh.service.
Loading service file /services/udisks.service.
Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.6.26.
New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Network interface enumeration completed.
Registering new address record for 192.168.6.26 on eth0.IPv4.
Registering HINFO record with values 'X86_64'/'LINUX'.
avahi-daemon: registering [64test.local]: server.c:899: dispatch_packet: Assertion `iface > 0' failed.
Aborted

Hardware is virtual machine on top of ESXi (using vmxnet3 driver).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
avahi-0.6.29-1.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/743031/comments/0

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On 2011-04-02T01:49:13+00:00 Lennart wrote:

That suggests there is a kernel bug somewhere, in that IP_PKTINFO
returned ifindex=0 for a packet wew received.

Anyway, I changed avahi upstream now to handle this case.

Upload to F15 follows shortly.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/743031/comments/3

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On 2011-04-03T22:45:06+00:00 Fedora wrote:

avahi-0.6.30-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/avahi-0.6.30-1.fc15

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/743031/comments/4

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On 2011-04-15T21:19:23+00:00 Fedora wrote:

avahi-0.6.30-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.
If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avahi/+bug/743031/comments/6


** Changed in: avahi (Fedora)
       Status: Unknown => Fix Released

** Changed in: avahi (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => Undecided

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Title:
  server.c:899: dispatch_packet: Assertion `iface > 0' failed.

Status in avahi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in avahi package in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  avachi-daemon failed to start on both of my PCs, with error:
  server.c:899: dispatch_packet: Assertion `iface > 0' failed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: avahi-daemon 0.6.29-0ubuntu2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-08140-g6c51038 i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Mar 26 11:04:30 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: avahi
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-01-04 (80 days ago)

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