kcm_knetworkconfmodule adds hostname to 127.0.0.1 line

[Ernst Kloppenburg]

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.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Fix has to be done in knetworkconf and not in HPLIP, as

127.0.0.1 localhost mychosenhostname

is not correct, it should be

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.4 mychosenhostname

But I think this is a severe problem. We should try to fix it in Edgy.

[Luka Renko (lure)]

I confirmed this on clean Kubuntu RC install.

[Luka Renko (lure)]

Perl backend script always adds hostname to the localhost. I have changed this script now to just use "localhost" and actually remove hostname as alias from localhost entry (this will fix it for users that will upgrade on first use of knetworkconf).

See attached debdiff.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

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Make sure that the "Include attachment" check box is checked.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

uploaded

[Luka Renko (lure)]

Fix released with knetworkconf 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu2