[Bug 72346] Re: System unusable when internet connection down and domain name set

[Kamil Páral]

Yes, "ping localhost" works fine. Also "ping HOSTNAME.DOMAIN" works
fine. But a lot of programs are starting with a long delay. I have
noticed, that some programs don't have this delay, eg. NX Client.

This bug is also reproducible on Feisty Fawn alpha LiveCD. Just boot the
CD, have wired connection via dhcp, change the domain name, and unplug
the connection. After few seconds, applications starts about half a
minute. There is clearly visible that ubuntu loads some data from CD,
after that there is a long pause of waiting, and after that it loads
some more data from CD and application finally pops up.

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System unusable when internet connection down and domain name set
https://launchpad.net/bugs/72346