I investigated the bug a bit more. Obviously a couple of other users
already filed bug reports for the same reason in Debian one year ago.
There is bug report #608807 [1] for example which fixed the problem.
Dnet-common now asks whether the user wants to configure the network
interface for DECnet.

You should also check #616652 [2] and #636373 [3]. At first the bug was
solved by downgrading dnet-common from "recommends" to "suggested" for
libdnet. The patch was later reverted. Nevertheless dnet-common isn't a
problem anymore for cmus in Debian because the user can choose to
deactivate it at install time. It is annoying though.


But it seems at least in Ubuntu 11.10, the kernel module for DECnet is still 
activated, although the user skips the configuration of dnet-common. With 
Debian Sid i can't reproduce this behaviour, so it seems the problem is 
ubuntu-specific. 

===Temporary Solution===

1. Install cmus with the -R flag without recommended packages as
described in Max initial bug report #1 and my comment #4.


I suggest forwarding this bug report to the Ubuntu maintainer of dnet-common 
because DECnet is starting although the user skips its configuration which 
causes a lot of problems for someone who only wants to install a lightweight 
music player for the console. 

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608807
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616652
[3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636373


** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #608807
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608807

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #616652
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616652

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #636373
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636373

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