I was able to reproduce something similar by commenting out 'auto lo' in /etc/network/interfaces on a gutsy system and rebooting. The general slow-down that results clearly isn't a network-manager bug but there probably is an n-m bug that messes up the localhost interface as well.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: New => Incomplete -- [/etc/resolv.conf] Extra slow login / app launch https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/78263 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs