Re: cups/avahi-daemon - worrying logs

[mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2022-03-17 05:09, Richard Hector wrote:
> On 8/03/22 13:25, Richard Hector wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently set up a small box to run cups, to provide network 
> > access to a USB-only printer. It's a 32-bit machine running bullseye.
> >
> > I'm seeing log messages like these:
> >
> > > Mar  7 15:47:47 whio avahi-daemon[310]: Record 
> > > [Brother\032HL-2140\032\064\032whio._ipps._tcp.local#011IN#011SRV 0 0 
> > > 631 whio.local ; ttl=120] not fitting in legacy unicast packet, 
> > > dropping.
> > > Mar  7 15:47:47 whio avahi-daemon[310]: Record 
> > > [whio.local#011IN#011AAAA fe80::3e4a:92ff:fed3:9e16 ; ttl=120] not 
> > > fitting in legacy unicast packet, dropping.
> > > Mar  7 15:47:48 whio avahi-daemon[310]: Record 
> > > [Brother\032HL-2140\032\064\032whio._ipp._tcp.local#011IN#011SRV 0 0 
> > > 631 whio.local ; ttl=120] not fitting in legacy unicast packet, 
> > > dropping.
> > > Mar  7 15:47:48 whio avahi-daemon[310]: Record 
> > > [whio.local#011IN#011AAAA fe80::3e4a:92ff:fed3:9e16 ; ttl=120] not 
> > > fitting in legacy unicast packet, dropping.
> >
> > Those link-local IPv6 addresses belong to the machine itself. It 
> > currently has no other IPv6 address(es) (other than loopback), but I 
> > should probably set that up.
> >
> > Any hints as to what's going on?
> >
> > Most of the hits I get from a web search are full of 'me too' with no 
> > answers.
>
> Nobody? Not even another 'me too'? :-)
>
> Any suggestions for further/better questions to ask, or info to 
> provide?

I have no idea. Could it be something to do with this old report ?
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=517683
I would probably fiddle about to get rid of the IPV6 thing.

mick



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