avahi-daemon doesn't start (can't create runtime directory)

Question

I am trying to start avahi-daemon but it responds with and error

Failed to create runtime directory /opt/var/run/avahi-daemon/

That directory do exist.

Even if I delete this folder and start avahi again it creates it but still keeps saying that its a fail.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

It's possible that such cases be linked with a lack of privileges.

=> use sudo

e.g.

sudo service dbus start
sudo service avahi-daemon start

Another issue could be the missing space of the file system. To check that do:

df -h /opt/var/run/

Result musn't be 100%.