Sharing N810 hostname in local network: how to ? - maemo.org

skatebiker | # 1 | 2011-05-11, 09:15 | Report

On my Linux 11.04 box and Macbook (and even iPad) the hostname is shared with the local network with the .local TLD (e.g. mymacbook.local). These devices are reachable from all other devices by this name.
But not the N810. When 'hostname' is e.g. my-N810, the network name my-n810.local is not recognized.

Is there a trick to get this recognized ?

dalonso | # 2 | 2011-05-11, 13:25 | Report

You need zeroconf functionality for this.

In all linux derivatives (maemo just one of them) you need to install avahi-utils. So have you installed it?

If not, please follow the instructions in this post http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=842841&postcount=5

Best regards.

The Following User Says Thank You to dalonso For This Useful Post:
skatebiker

skatebiker | # 3 | 2011-05-16, 20:22 | Report

Thanks, the first part did work so my device is recognized as 'pocketpenguin.local' from the local network.
But the second part did not. Installing the package resulted in repo errors.
apt-get -f install did not help nd perl *is* installed on my device (pre-installed by default).

Any clue on this ?

Code:

pocketpenguin:/home/user# dpkg -i /media/mmc2/download/Maemo-OS200x/libnss-mdns_0.10-3_armel.deb 
(Reading database ... 21381 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libnss-mdns 0.10-3 (using .../libnss-mdns_0.10-3_armel.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libnss-mdns ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnss-mdns:
 libnss-mdns depends on perl; however:
  Package perl is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libnss-mdns (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libnss-mdns
pocketpenguin:/home/user#