I just did a fresh install on 2 laptops that were working fine with version 12.04. Both laptops have this issue with version 12.10. I've tried commenting out dns=dnsmasq in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and creating a wrapper script for dnsmasq that removes the --no-hosts option. Neither of these suggestions worked and the wrapper script caused the system startup to hang.
I've read comments that the dnsmasq functionality has been part of Network Manager since version 12.04; however, I didn't see this problem on 12.04. It seems that something changed with 12.10 to manifest it. I'm surprised that I haven't seen more reports of it. It also seems odd that some are reporting that the work arounds worked and others are not reporting the problem at all. I agree with another poster that this bug should be marked critical. It's very annoying that such a basic and critical OS functionality was broken and the bug is only marked as Opinion and remains unassigned. I held off on installing 12.10 to allow time for bug fixes but, sadly, I didn't wait long enough. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993298 Title: Please make NetworkManager-controlled dnsmasq respect /etc/hosts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/993298/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
