I'm seeing a similar issue with 8.10. My solution was to disable network manager:
$ cd /etc/rc2.d $ sudo mv S28NetworkManager K01NetworkManager This is a very bad solution for those who want to manage their networks from within Gnome, but since I don't, it works for me. Some details: $ dpkg -l network-manager | grep net ii network-manager 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0 network management framework daemon $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 Codename: intrepid $ grep "Setting system hostname" /var/log/syslog | tail -1 Sep 9 19:09:19 foobar NetworkManager: <info> Setting system hostname to 'localhost.localdomain' (no default device) $ cat /etc/hostname foobar $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.1.1 foobar 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts -- NM 0.7 sets hostname to localhost.localdomain instead of what is in /etc/hostname https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276253 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
