Ubuntu Server 16.04.5 - Numerous Error Messages in channels-dvr.log

[Teddy]

In another thread (link below), I describe a problem that I am having with the DVR service automatically starting on Ubuntu Server 16.04.5.

Ubuntu Server 16.04.5 - Service will not AutoStart

I have installed Version 2018.10.08.2134 on Ubuntu Server 16.04.5 in a virtual machine on ESXi 6.0. The ESXi server is passing through an LSI controller card with 5 hard drives connected, which are configured in a ZFS volume to store all recordings. The setup script for the DVR server was run in a user home directory so the DVR server is installed into ~/channels-dvr. Attached is an image with output showing that the service is not initially running, but is running after manually starting the …

As I was troubleshooting, I noticed numerous of the following error messages, apparently related to DNS.

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:00 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: bad rdata

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: bad rdata

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: bad rdata

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: bad rdata

2018/11/04 11:19:01 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:02 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: bad rdata

2018/11/04 11:19:02 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: bad rdata

2018/11/04 11:19:02 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:02 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v6: dns: buffer size too small

2018/11/04 11:19:02 [ERR] zeroconf: failed to handle query v4: dns: buffer size too small

[tmm1]

These are harmless. I will turn them off.

[Teddy]

Thanks. I assume it would be a good idea to turn off or otherwise suppress the error messages. In its current state, it made it difficult to review the logs.