Re: failed to connect to localhost

[Jeff <jcoppock1@home.com>]

Patrick Hsieh, 2001-Dec-01 09:43 +0800:
> Hello list,
> 
> I have a Debian 2.2r4 running 2.4.16. Everything is fine, but I fail to
> connect to localhost.
> 
> Then network configuration is ok, since it can communicate to the
> internet. But when I type:
> 
> ethome:~# telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> 
> The connection hangs for a while, but I am sure the smtp daemon is ok
> because incoming connections are alive.
> 
> This problem exists on all localhost connections. This is weird because
> I DO have a lo device:
> 
> ethome:~# ifconfig lo
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:3936 (3.8 Kb)  TX bytes:3936 (3.8 Kb)
> 
> 
> 
> ideas?
> -- 
> Patrick Hsieh <pahud@pahud.net>

I may be mistaken, but I believe that the stable release (2.2r4
in your case) is NOT designed to support a 2.4.x kernel.  

You can get some good information on what you need to do here:

http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html

jc

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Diggin' Debian		Admin and User