Comment 14 for bug 26986

Exactly how did the fake entry look in etc/hosts? just an ip to name match?
I believe I am having this same problem. This is my first time with Ubuntu. Since I installed in December, the system eventually locks up. Basically the logins lock up. I have remote logging enabled.

I leave a terminal logged as root so when the system locks up I go to the terminal and restart sysklogd. It starts working again. I guess if I look in my logs I can figure out which of my remote logging items is causing the freezup.