Re: Problem in running postgres

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 20:46:59 +0600, Abu Zaher wrote:
> On 1/15/07, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> >
> >Is /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 starting __after__ networking?
> >
> >Yes, that's right. I found out that after my pc boots up, if i try iptraf,
> i cant see any lo, i.e. any loopback interfaces. Only after I run
> network-admin, i can se the lo, then if i try to run /etc/init.d/postgresql-
> 8.1 start, that works fine. I installed mysql  yesterday and it aslo shares
> the same problem i.e. cannot start up at boot. What is the main reason that
> my pc  is not loading up lo during boot-time?

Check if you have the following two lines in your
/etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

This should bring it up automatically during boot.

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Regards,
          Florian