I got a similar problem when installing netatalk on a freshly installed intrepid system. I also have two eth cards.

root@hylton:~# aptitude 
Selecting previously deselected package db4.6-util.
(Reading database ... 123130 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking db4.6-util (from .../db4.6-util_4.6.21-10_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package rc.
Unpacking rc (from .../archives/rc_1.7.1-3_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package netatalk.
Unpacking netatalk (from .../netatalk_2.0.3-11ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up db4.6-util (4.6.21-10) ...
Setting up rc (1.7.1-3) ...

Setting up netatalk (2.0.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
Can't register hylton:Workstation@*
invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing netatalk (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netatalk
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up netatalk (2.0.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): eth0: multicast may not work correctly.
atalkd is already running (pid = 17614), or the lock file is stale.
invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing netatalk (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netatalk
Press return to continue.

root@hylton:~# hostname
hylton

root@hylton:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:85:1c:5a:e2  
          inet addr:87.96.142.66  Bcast:87.96.142.127  Mask:255.255.255.192
          inet6 addr: fe80::221:85ff:fe1c:5ae2/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:120632 errors:0 dropped:65958747755 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:56312 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:133949125 (133.9 MB)  TX bytes:5197199 (5.1 MB)
          Interrupt:251 Base address:0xc000 

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1c:f0:5b:6a:d3  
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: 2002:c0a8:102::1/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::21c:f0ff:fe5b:6ad3/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:41432 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:51053 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:4464835 (4.4 MB)  TX bytes:27034855 (27.0 MB)
          Interrupt:22 Base address:0xec00 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:231561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:231561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:60563738 (60.5 MB)  TX bytes:60563738 (60.5 MB)