On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:59:15PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bruno Delalleau wrote: > > Hello debianers! > > > > For some reason I can no longer ping localhost: > > > > ping -c 3 localhost > > PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > > > > --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics --- > > 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2000ms > > > > I saw that when I tried to configure my printer using the web > > interface: > > > > http://localhost:631/admin > > > > If I use as root: ifconfig lo, I can ping localhost. > > > > But the next time I reboot I cannot ping localhost: I have again to > > become root and use ifcong. > > > > > > So, my question: how do I save the command ifconfig lo in some place > > so that I don't have to redo the same procedure? Is there a script or > > a config file? > > > > This is the content of my /etc/network/interfaces file: > > > > ### etherconf DEBCONF AREA. DO NOT EDIT THIS AREA OR INSERT TEXT > > BEFORE IT. > > auto lo eth1 eth2 > > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > ### END OF DEBCONF AREA. PLACE YOUR EDITS BELOW; THEY WILL BE > > PRESERVED. > > > > I'm sure that there should be a trick, but which one? I swear that I > > have tried to RTFM! > > > > You must have trimmed that file because there is no definition for eth1 > or eth2, and for that matter, where is eth0? >
Thanks for helping. I followed your advice and tried to clarify the situation of my network. Now it's working again. Thanks also to Jeff who helped me; I think I understand better now the network question. -- ***************** Bruno Delalleau Debian Sarge user Linux since 1998 ***************** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
