launchpad didn't seem to think it was a duplicate, hence people being confused. i mark it (again?)
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 26419 gnome-session hangs when "lo" is not correctly configured ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 26419 gnome-session hangs when "lo" is not correctly configured -- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
