[arch-general] Last networkmanager in testing busts everything in gnome ?

[Baho Utot]

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.