Debian – What changed between kernels 3.2 and 3.9 that affect MiniDLNA

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I'm using Debian testing, and I've problems with MiniDLNA on kernel > 3.2. The DLNA client works about 30 min, after that it lost the connection with the minidlna server and can't discover the server again.

But if I load with an old kernel (3.2) all works fine. The time that minidlna works (30 min) may be related to the notify_interval parameter, which by default is 15 min.

Problem solved. It was related to my network configuration. My network config:

iface br0 inet static
    address 192.168.5.2
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.5.1

    bridge_ports eth0
    bridge_stp off
    bridge_maxwait 0
    bridge_fd 0

In 3.5 kernel was added multicast_querier toggle and disabled queries by default which broke my DLNA on bridge interface.

Now I just enable multicast_querier and all works as before.

# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/br0/bridge/multicast_querier

Best Answer

It was related to my network configuration. My network config:

iface br0 inet static
    address 192.168.5.2
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.5.1

    bridge_ports eth0
    bridge_stp off
    bridge_maxwait 0
    bridge_fd 0

In 3.5 kernel was added multicast_querier toggle and disabled queries by default which broke my DLNA on bridge interface.

Now I just enable multicast_querier and all works as before.

# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/br0/bridge/multicast_querier
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