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kstella
June 11th, 2008, 01:07 PM
I upgraded to Hardy only yesterday. When I started up again, I saw that there were updates waiting. There were also other things I wanted to do: install programs, change settings, etc.

Every time I try to do those things, I see the little button/bar at the bottom that says "Starting Administrative Application." But nothing ever comes afterward. No window, nothing. :| Any ideas?

PmDematagoda
June 11th, 2008, 01:18 PM
Post the outputs of:-

hostname
and

cat /etc/hosts

kstella
June 12th, 2008, 09:56 AM
stella

and



127.0.0.1 localhost

# 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
192.168.0.10 stella.CERSA

I'm not using that IP anymore, though, so now I also wonder why that came out. :p

PmDematagoda
June 12th, 2008, 11:19 AM
First boot Ubuntu in Recovery Mode, then backup the hosts file with:-

cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.bak
and after that's done, open the hosts file for editing with:-

nano /etc/hosts
and edit it to look like this:-

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 stella

# 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

Then save the file and see if the problems are now solved.

kstella
June 13th, 2008, 03:22 AM
Okay. Which option do I choose at the end of the recovery mode sequence? I chose "resume with normal boot" but couldn't get past the first step in the terminal; I got "permissions denied."

Also, what's nano?

Thanks.

PmDematagoda
June 13th, 2008, 08:46 AM
Don't choose "resume with normal boot", instead press the option that allows you to be dropped to a terminal.

And nano is a command line text editor built-in to Ubuntu.

kstella
June 13th, 2008, 11:43 AM
It didn't work. :( I'm sure I did everything that you said.

PmDematagoda
June 13th, 2008, 12:02 PM
Post the outputs of:-

hostname
and

cat /etc/hosts
again.

kstella
June 13th, 2008, 01:17 PM
stella

and


127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 stella

# 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

The first time I read your reply, I saw that I'd forgotten to write "stella" at the end of the second line. Guess I wasn't so sure after all, sorry. :) So, I went back and added it.

The next time I tried starting an admin application, it was about ten minutes between entering the password and the actual appearance of the window. When the window DID appear, though, the system crashed! :(

But everything seems to be working fine now; no more gap between. Would you know what happened and if I should still be worried?

Thanks.

PmDematagoda
June 13th, 2008, 01:38 PM
Does the system still crash when starting administrative applications? If not then all should be fine.

kstella
June 13th, 2008, 01:53 PM
No longer. Thank you very much, PmDematagoda! :D