I am new to Debian. I installed Etch
on a Dell precision laptop. I use DHCP.
I have lots of questions, but I will start with this one:
I created an iptables script that I downloaded, and set it up using
# update-rc.d firewall.script defaults
However, after doing this, I noticed
that CUPS would not work. (It had been working well.)
The firefox browser returned the message "The server at localhost is taking too long to respond." when I tried to connect to http://localhost:631.
I also tried http://127.0.0.1:631, and it gave the same responce.
I also could not ping localhost or 127.0.0.1.
So I removed the firewall using
# update-rc.d -f firewall.script remove
and rebooted.
Now, when I run
# iptables -L
I get
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
However, I still can't access CUPS or ping localhost.
What might be wrong?
Where do I start to look?
John