This problem seems to be tied indeed to some value problems in /etc/hosts and /etc/network/interfaces. I removed ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback from /etc/hosts and added the lo loopback reference in /etc/network/interfaces.
I will test things separately to point out which one does what. -- gnome-settings-daemon crashes at login https://launchpad.net/bugs/61381 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
