For the benefit of others who come across this bug: 127.0.0.1 scotty
Don't do this. 127.0.0.1 should always resolve to 'localhost', not to any other name. scotty@:~$ hostname scotty@:~$ This indicates that no hostname is set. To fix this temporarily, run: sudo hostname <my_hostname> e.g., sudo hostname scotty-laptop The name you specify here should match the name mapped to 127.0.1.1 in /etc/hosts. To fix it permanently, edit the /etc/hostname to show the same name. The problem of being unable to run the GUI tools may be a result of not having all important system updates installed from hardy-updates. Once your hostname is fixed, you should install these updates - to prevent this problem from recurring in the future for you, and to address many other bugs that have been fixed since the release of 8.04. -- sudo fails if it cannot resolve the local hostname and no MTA is installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32906 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
