The problem is in /etc/hosts (was, Re: Live CD with AT features: first test)

Henrik henrik at ubuntu.com
Mon Apr 17 15:22:13 BST 2006


Al Puzzuoli wrote:
> it appears that the gnome-speech issue on the live cd is related to 
> the /etc/hosts file.  For whatever reason, the one on the live cd is  
> by default, formatted differently than the one that is created for an 
> actual installed version of Ubuntu.  I was able to get gnopernicus 
> talking by replacing the /etc/hosts on the cd with the following:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 ubuntu.hsd1.mi.comcast.net. ubuntu
>
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>
>
Cool! Thanks for digging into this. I've posted a bug report here: 
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/39865 and 
included your solution. Hopefully the fix will find its way onto the 
official CDs in short order.

- Henrik



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