Re: Cannot ping localhost
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:59:15PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote :
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> Bruno Delalleau wrote:
> > Hello debianers!
> >
> > For some reason I can no longer ping localhost:
> >
> > ping -c 3 localhost
> > PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >
> > --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics ---
> > 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2000ms
> >
> > I saw that when I tried to configure my printer using the web
> > interface:
> >
> > http://localhost:631/admin
> >
> > If I use as root: ifconfig lo, I can ping localhost.
> >
> > But the next time I reboot I cannot ping localhost: I have again to
> > become root and use ifcong.
> >
> >
> > So, my question: how do I save the command ifconfig lo in some place
> > so that I don't have to redo the same procedure? Is there a script or
> > a config file?
> >
> > This is the content of my /etc/network/interfaces file:
> >
> > ### etherconf DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT
> > BEFORE IT.
> > auto lo eth1 eth2
> >
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > ### END OF DEBCONF AREA. PLACE YOUR EDITS BELOW; THEY WILL BE
> > PRESERVED.
> >
> > I'm sure that there should be a trick, but which one? I swear that I
> > have tried to RTFM!
> >
>
> You must have trimmed that file because there is no definition for eth1
> or eth2, and for that matter, where is eth0?
>
Thanks for helping. I followed your advice and tried to clarify the
situation of my network. Now it's working again.
Thanks also to Jeff who helped me; I think I understand better now the
network question.
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Bruno Delalleau
Debian Sarge user
Linux since 1998
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