daap service not correctly published

[Anonymous]

I installed mt-daapd svn-1696 on a Debian Linux server (this computer has no desktop enviroment, I access it via ssh). Then, on my notebook (with Ubuntu Linux 8.04) I go to the web interface of Firefly and I see this:
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4996/fireflymediaserver12197os4.png
But on Rhytmbox or Banshee I can’t see the media server. I launched avahi-browse and no _daap._tcp service is detected at all:

tm8204:~$ avahi-browse -a

+ eth0 IPv4 media [00:18:51:xx:xx:xx]                     Workstation          local

+ eth0 IPv4 tm8204 [00:16:36:xx:xx:xx]                    Workstation          local

On the server, the service is detected:

media:~$ avahi-browse -a

+ eth0 IPv6 tm8204 [00:16:36:xx:xx:xx]                    Workstation          local

+ eth0 IPv4 media [00:18:51:xx:xx:xx]                     Workstation          local

+ eth0 IPv4 Firefly svn-1696 on media                     iTunes Audio Access  local

+ eth0 IPv4 Firefly svn-1696 on media                     _rsp._tcp            local

+ eth0 IPv4 Firefly svn-1696 on media                     Web Site             local

But… if I manually publish a service from the server

media:~$ avahi-publish -s Test _daap._tcp 1234

Established under name 'Test'

on my notebook is immediately detected:

tm8204:~$ avahi-browse -a

+ eth0 IPv4 media [00:18:51:xx:xx:xx]                     Workstation          local

+ eth0 IPv4 tm8204 [00:16:36:xx:xx:xx]                    Workstation          local

+ eth0 IPv4 Test                                          iTunes Audio Access  local

Notice that the server and the notebook are on two different subnets, but the router between them is configured as a reflector for mDNS (in fact the manually published service is reflected and detected).

[Anonymous]

I tried to start mt-daapd from the command line with -f option to run in foreground:

media:~$ sudo mt-daapd -f

Firefly Version svn-1696: Starting with debuglevel 2

Error loading plugin /usr/lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so: plugin declined to load

Plugin loaded: rsp/svn-1696

Plugin loaded: daap/svn-1696

Plugin loaded: ssc-ffmpeg/svn-1696

Starting rendezvous daemon

*** WARNING *** The program 'mt-daapd' uses the HOWL compatibility layer of Avahi.

*** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!

*** WARNING *** For more information see 

Starting signal handler

Initializing database

Starting web server from /usr/share/mt-daapd/admin-root on port 3689

Registering rendezvous names

Serving 4499 songs.  Startup complete in 1 seconds

Is it normal that Firefly uses the HOWL compatibility layer and not Avahi natively?

[Anonymous]

RESOLVED! The Debian package was compiled with –enable-howl, so I recompiled it with –enable-avahi instead and this did the trick.

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