This is a network manager bug, as it affects a Gentoo system of mine running Gnome. The problem is that Network Manager "helpfully" sets the hostname, which confuses a lot of programs.
-- [hardy] Manually Configuring Network Causes Massive, Unreversable, Failure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185209 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs