Thomas: no, this is a dnsmasq bug. Even if nothing is set to listen on 127.0.0.1, if dnsmasq is configured to avoid lo and bind to interfaces (as it is per the network-manager provided configuration) it should still do so and not write out lo.dnsmasq.
** Package changed: network-manager (Ubuntu) => dnsmasq (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: dnsmasq (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042275 Title: network-manager dnsmasq configuration snippet causes standalone dnsmasq not to listen on 127.0.0.1, breaking name service when dnsmasq is installed Status in “dnsmasq” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The system dnsmasq is preventing nameservice from working with NetworkManager. By setting /etc/deafault/dnsmasq ENABLED=1 to ENABLED=0, nameservice started working again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: dnsmasq (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-12.12-generic 3.5.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Aug 27 10:48:06 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: dnsmasq UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.default.dnsmasq: 2012-08-27T10:43:43.717591 mtime.conffile..etc.dnsmasq.conf: 2012-05-26T23:51:39.391123 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/1042275/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp