Editing the /etc/hosts entry is a terrible workaround. The xserver should be using 127.0.0.1 or localhost. Adding the hostname of the system to 127.0.0.1 is incorrect as far as I understand. Your hostname is what your ip address is on the network. Unless you have a system that is not connected to a network, then there will be a confusion because users will also have an entry in /etc/hosts or with their DNS servers that conflicts.
127.0.0.1 localhost myhostname 192.168.1.1 myhostname In this case, which is correct? The loopback address should be reserved for localhost. The window manager or xserver should be using only that address. Not trying to resolve the hostname to an address. Maybe someone can enlighten me here. I work with software that relies on correct name resolution to ensure network connections between client/servers. How does this "fix" effect the host command? -- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94048 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
