Public bug reported: Hello,
I installed kubuntu from CD on PC. There is no dhcp-server in the net. Therefore, after installation I use K->SystemSettings-> NetworkSettings to set an IP for the network interface eth0. Before I do this the first lines of /etc/hosts looks like 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 mychosenhostname After using kcm_knetworkconfmodule the first line is changed to 127.0.0.1 localhost mychosenhostname This is very bad as it causes hplip to not work. The symptom is the following error message at boot time: "hpiod: Rejected connection from 192.168.0.4" In order to make hplip work properly I had to revert the change in the first line of /etc/hosts and add a line 192.168.0.4 mychosenhostname A very bad thing as the malfunction of hplip not only does not detect any printers, but any scanning application hangs indefinitely as it tries to contact hplip. Solving this problem required a lot of system knowledge on my side, not available to any ordinary user. So a severe quality problem. Installation cds need to be fixed because when you upgrade to a fixed knetworkconf later it is too late. ** Affects: kdeadmin (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Status: Unconfirmed -- kcm_knetworkconfmodule adds hostname to 127.0.0.1 line https://launchpad.net/bugs/66813 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs