Re: Forewarned is forearmed
On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 21:54:21 +0100
Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 03:43:46PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This
> > means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I
> > always forget this.
>
> I've had this happen before and it has been subtle to find out why
> things aren't working, but in all cases it's been because
> my /etc/network/interfaces file was incorrect. What's yours (wrt lo
> at least?)
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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.100.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.100.96
===================================================
Also, see:
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slitt@mydesq2:~$ ps ax | grep wicd
3217 ? S 0:06 /usr/bin/python -O /usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py
3240 ? S 0:02 /usr/bin/python -O /usr/share/wicd/daemon/monitor.py
3731 tty1 S 0:00 /usr/bin/python -O /usr/share/wicd/gtk/wicd-client.py
--tray 9735 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep wicd slitt@mydesq2:~$
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I couldn't see an instance of NetworkManager, and synaptic indicates
that NetworkManager isn't installed.
This isn't really a problem for me, but if I'm making a mistake that
kills lo, chances are it's causing other side effects of which I'm not
aware.
Thanks for the info!
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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