Thank you for your bug report, how do you change the name? The field is not editable there. The code seems to rely on http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed and /etc /machine-data which we don't have on Ubuntu (yet) it seems since we don't use systemd
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/922567 Title: Changing the device name does not update /etc/hosts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/922567/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs