On 29 Jan 2002, Harold Bibik wrote: > > This was sent to me off the list but I wanted to post it > so it might help someone else in the future: > _____________________ > > After a new woody installation a few months ago, I was unable to > connect to localhost, but my ppp and mail services worked fine. After > frustrating searches, I found this to be caused by a "loopback" > problem. > > Check /etc/network/interfaces and see if it looks like: > > # Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or > # /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information. > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > If not, maybe that's the problem. > > ___________________________ > > that was the fix, adding those two lines to etc/network/interfaces > did the trick > > THANK YOU Tomaz > >
I have this already, and telnet localhost still doesn't work. Perhaps I need to explore the man page further. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan]
