At last I got hostname -i and hostname -f to work (hostname -I did work all the time). In my case, the setup of dhclient and the DSL modem did not play well together: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp/+bug/694290 furthermore, I have adjusted /etc/hosts along the lines in this bug.
This was a painful process, especially as it was required to get dpkg to proceed. I am disappointed at the several days it is taking to install lucid on a new computer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8980 Title: hostname -f does not return a proper FQDN -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
