This one time, at band camp, Travis Crump said: > I had a similar problem recently, and eventually traced it down to the > local loopback interface never being brought up. Follow the directions > at <http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/x540.html>[run 'ifconfig lo > 127.0.0.1; route add -host 127.0.0.1 lo' as root]. For a quick check to > see if this is the problem, run /sbin/ifconfig and see if it lists 'lo' > as an interface(if it doesn't than this is your problem). My question > is why wasn't the loopback interface configured in the first place? As > a corollary, what should I do to make sure it is brought up > automagically? Just make my own script and put it in rc2.d? Or is > there a less kludgy way... In /etc/network/interfaces: auto lo iface lo inet loopback Should do it for you. HTH, Steve -- A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. -- Bill Vaughan
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