> > After a system upgrade, my dictd does not work any more. It can connect > > dict.org but it fail with localhost. The only information I got was: > > >Trying localhost (127.0.0.1) Can't connect to localhost.2628 > > I think /etc/dict.conf and dictd.conf are ok. > > Does anybody have some suggestion? > > Thanks in advance. > > Do `ifconfig` and check that 'lo', the local loopback is up; I suspect it > isn't. You probably updated the 'netbase' backage, which has the loopback > device commented out for some reason. Uncomment the line > iface lo inet loopback > in /etc/network/interfaces and all should be well (you'll have to do 'ifup -a' > after that to get lo to actually come up).
I uncommeted the referred line but dict still doesn't work (now telnet localhost works...). Would you have another suggestion? Thanks.
