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Warning message, ".local domain"

Asked by s_raiguel

When I boot Ubuntu 9.04, I've recently begun getting a warning message, apparently from the Network Manager applet, saying "Network Service Discovery disabled. Your current network has a .local domain, which is not recommended and incompatible with the Avahi network service discovery. The service has been disabled." This computer sits on a home network with 192.168.x.x addresses, behind a router that handles external connections. What does this message entail, and is there something I should change or disable to avoid getting it?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

http://xn--9bi.net/2009/06/17/tethering-iphone-3-0-to-ubuntu-9-04/

If you scroll about 40% of the way down you'll see 2 possible fixes.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#2

These threads are a bit old, so I am not sure if they apply. See if the solution posted in them helps:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=465925
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=525149

Regards

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s_raiguel (raiguel) said : 		#3

Problem solved, thanks to helpful comments posted here. Thanks, guys! I simply opened the Avahi config file and changed the parameter AVAHI_DAEMON_DETECT_LOCAL to 0, as suggested in one of the threads. Presumably, I won't need avahi on this machine, anyway. Everything seems to work as usual after disabling the discovery service, but without the annoying popup.