Ubuntu
avahi package

  1. Bug #55836
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 55836

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Scott Henson (scotth) wrote :

scotth@wildfire:~$ cat /etc/default/avahi-daemon
# 0 = don't start, 1 = start
AVAHI_DAEMON_START=1

Thats why /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon does nothing. You probably have it set to 0. But I agree, if its upgrading from the dapper version, it should default to on or at least warn the user.