On Friday 08 January 2010 03:54:23 Allan McRae wrote: > Ionut Biru wrote: > > On 01/08/2010 09:01 AM, Allan McRae wrote: > >> Frederic Bezies wrote: > >>> Hello everybody. > >>> > >>> Yesterday, my computer installed from testing last networkmanager > >>> version, 0.7.998-1. It worked OK until I shut down my computer. > >>> > >>> This morning, I cannot get any single program to be launched in gnome, > >>> even xterm using alt+f2 dialog box. > >>> > >>> After I downgraded to version 0.7.2-1, all was again working. I opened > >>> a bug : http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/17743 > >>> > >>> Did anybody see the same problem or is it my computer ? > >> > >> I noticed the same thing today when I upgraded... Downgrading seems the > >> current solution. > >> > >> Allan > > > > aynone noticed that the hostname and /etc/hosts has been changed? its > > the first thing that comes in your eyes.(hostname) > > Yep, my /etc/hosts file was definitely changed: > > # > # /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names > # > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> > 127.0.0.1 arch > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > > > That additional line at the start is definitely not mine... > > Allan > FYI I was having trouble with networking several years ago and had a /etc/host like yours. I posted to usenet and the network gurus there promptly busted me for that layout. They told me to do this instead: #<ip-address> <hostname.domain.org> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.2 arch.<yourdomain> arch They claim that the above conforms to the RFC's and reusing the 127.0.0.1 address can confuse some apps. I have been using the above and it has always worked, no busted apps.
