ip-address notification reports loopback interface instead of current address

i'm using byobu on my netbook and i configured byobu to show ip-address but it seems to use loopback interface while my current working interface is ra0.
byobu cyrrently uses hostname -i to provide ip-address.
running:
/usr/lib/byobu/ip-address --detail
provides info about both ifaces (loopback and ra0) . maybe this is a better way (?).

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other bug report info:

:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:54:3f:44:5a
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:60

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:144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:144 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:10928 (10.9 KB) TX bytes:10928 (10.9 KB)

ra0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr -------
          inet addr:192.168.9.203 Bcast:192.168.9.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:43ff:fe42:b24/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:167677 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:41618 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:52106058 (52.1 MB) TX bytes:5787884 (5.7 MB)
          Interrupt:19

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:~$ hostname -i
127.0.1.1
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:~$ /usr/lib/byobu/ip-address --detail
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet addr:192.168.9.203 Bcast:192.168.9.255 Mask:255.255.255.0