I close this bug report. It was not a bug. The problem was that I copied out a /etc/passwd file with false uid/gid values for the some of the daemons. These values seem to have changed lately.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/287458 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