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With a /etc/hosts containing the same hostname twice, only the first entry will ever be used when the system searches to resolve a hostname.

That's why you have an ip address in the second...

Normally, a /etc/hostname.<interface name> file contains just a hostname (as you have in your hostname.e1000g0 file). The host names provided in these files is looked-up in /etc/hosts to tell Unix...

So what do you mean by not showing a "running state"?

Your quote above shows the interface as "up"

Your output shows its already up and running and you told ip is pingable then what else you are looking for?

If still any problem, just unplumb and plumb again and do all the configuration again.

What changes did you make to your system? Did you edit any files such as /etc/hostname.e1000g0?