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[Tom <question76099@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76099 on firefox-3.0 in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+question/76099

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
Getting back into "recovery mode" - "Drop to root shell" try

cd /etc
nano hosts

and copy what's in that file into here for us to have a look at. I think
the first 2 lines will look something like this

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 elcot-laptop

although it should also be ok if it has

127.0.0.1 localhost elcot-laptop
127.0.1.1 elcot-laptop

I think it shows the first one if you are part of a network and the
second one if you don't ever connect to a local area network (Lan). So
if the 2nd line is different from what i've shown then it might be worth
correcting it straight away, if you feel confident in being able to
change it back through the "recovery mode"-"drop to root shell" method
again. Hopefully tho, it should work straight away and after saving the
file just either get back to the command-line and type

reboot

or

shutdown now -a

or else just reboot the machine some other way. Note that the recovery
mode always gives you SuperUser/Root privileges so you don't need to use
"sudo" at all.

I hope this helps!
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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