Confirmed as fixed with the latest (5.97-5.2ubuntu2) package by a number of people.
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- coreutils_5.97-5.2ubuntu1_i386.deb have broken the X and network. https://launchpad.net/bugs/72917 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs