there's a configuration file called /etc/network/interfaces that is read on booting and that should begin with the following entry:
auto lo eth0 check the interfaces file on your machine. i'm pretty sure, given that your ifstate is blank, that this is the problem. Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > Ok, when I bring up the loopback interface with 127.0.0.1 as the address > it come up, and then I can run fetchmail with no smtp complaints even with > "localhost" in the /etc/hosts file. Progress! But I still can't figure out > why this interface won't come up automatically, why I have to bring it up > with ifconfig manually. Is there a link in my system, or a package, or a > driver, I could be missing, since I did have to reinstall recently? > If I run ifconfig just with -a it does show the loopback interface even if > it's down. > Somebody asked about my /etc/network/ifstate file; it's empty. > I do have a /etc/network/spoof-protect file, which isn't actually > necessary for 2.2 and 2.4 kernels (I have currently a 2.2.18 and 2.4.13 > kernel on my system; am now using mostly the 2.4.13). Here is the > spoof-protect file for what it's worth. > # default spoof protection configuration > # > # this is only necessary for pre-2.2 kernels. > # (it can be determined automatically under 2.2.x) > > LOCAL_IPS="127.0.0.1/8" > LOCAL_IFACES="loopback eth0 ppp" > I notice it lists all these as local; is that normal for this file? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
