Problem solved (was: Help: can't ifup lo on etch system - any ideas?)

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@polya.uklinux.net>]

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 09:53:03PM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> Here's the core of the problem:
> 
> burnside:~ # ifup lo
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> lo: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> lo: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
> Failed to bring up lo.
> 
> It's essentially a freshly installed etch system, with Debian kernel
> 2.6.15-1-k7.  What could I do to figure out how to fix this?

Ah, a reboot did the trick.  No clue how or why.  Bizarre.

   Julian