Re: Can't set up network on Debian 8 fresh install [was: Unidentified subject!]
On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 13:19:48 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:54:27AM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 12:36:11 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59:20AM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > > On Tue 25 Oct 2016 at 11:16:49 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > > > > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>
> [...]
>
> > Sorry; yes.
> >
> > In the final Stretch installer netcfg is quite likely not to put
> > loopback in /etc/network/interfaces. So from being "always there"
> > it will go to never there.
>
> Thanks for the info, very useful. In our case, for context: the
> above output is from '/sbin/ifconfig' (and not from 'cat
> /etc/network/interfaces'). So I'd expect lo to be there, anyway.
Uncharacteristically, I did wander a bit off topic, didn't I?
Back on the straight and narrow now. :)
--
Brian.
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